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John Carlin on "Playing the Enemy"

Journalist John Carlin talks with Steve Paulson about the 1995 rugby tournament that changed South Africa's history.

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Margaret Weis on "Mistress of Dragons"

Margaret Weis tells Steve Paulson all about dragons, and about the dragon world she created for her books.

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Michael Flanigan and Doug Mancheski on "Guys on Ice"

Michael Flanigan and Doug Mancheski starred in the Madison Repertory Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Guys on Ice.”

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Jem Rolls on Spoken Word

Jem Rolls runs poetry cabarets and poetry slams in Edinburgh, Scotland.

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Kim Stanley Robinson - Extended Interview

Here's our extended conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction and imagining the future.

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Mark Salzman on "Lying Awake"

In Mark Salzman’s novel “Lying Awake,” a Carmelite nun learns that her religious raptures may be symptoms of epilepsy.

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Lone Frank on the Neuroscience of Advertising

Coke consistently outsells Pepsi, though Pepsi routinely wins blind taste tests. Why is one of the mysteries of advertising.

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On Our Minds: Colson Whitehead

Acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead got the magazine assignment of a lifetime: a week in Vegas, playing in the World Series of Poker.  He tells Doug Gordon about high stakes poker and his own "anhedonia," his difficulty experiencing pleasure.

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