Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is a leading expert on the science of mindfulness. He's teamed up with the Dalai Lama to put Buddhist monks in brain scanners, and he's developing a new scientific model for studying emotion. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks about how his scientific work ended up changing his own life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Julia Sweeney grew up Catholic, but lost her faith and left the Church.
Khaled Hosseini's novel “The Kite Runner” put Afghan fiction on the map. Hosseini's new book is “And the Mountains Echoed.”
For our future show on... well... the future, Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson sat down to take a look at past forecasts.
Take a listen to the UNCUT discussion here:
Mick Foley, as Mankind, played many Ed Ferrara scripts. Foley tells Steve Paulson how scripted matches could result in real injuries.
Rob Sheffield talks with Anne Strainchamps about his relationship with his late wife and how they communicated by exchanging mix tapes of their favorite music.
John Balaban performed alternative service in Vietnam during the war there. While helping children injured in the fighting, he grew to love the traditional sung poetry of rural Vietnam.
Patricia Person confesses she is a procrastinator in this audio essay.
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