Have you ever read the Declaration of Independence? You'll find it's a surprisingly radical manifesto even today, as we struggle with income inequality and racial justice. Political philosopher Danielle Allen says reading the Declaration has actually changed the lives of her students.
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Jason Soares is a member of the band "Aspects of Physics", whose music has to do with the mathematics of the ratios of how we assign tones into scales in music.
Nevada Barr has written 15 mystery novels featuring Park Ranger Anna Pigeon.
Writer Mike Magnuson tells Steve Paulson that people make assumptions about him because of his size and appearance, describes his work history as a grunt.
Richard Manning is the author of many books including “Food’s Frontier: The Next Green Revolution.” Among the scientists profiled in that book is Robert Goodman, a plant pathologist at the University of Wisconsin.
Karen Armstrong is one of the world's best-known writers on religion, but her own spiritual path hasn't been easy. She tells us why she joined a convent and then left - and how she later came to appreciate religious texts.
Jerome Wakefield tells Steve Paulson how the medical profession's attempts to make precise diagnoses have led them to define emotional states as medical conditions.
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