According to psychologist Meagan Curtis, the inherent sadness of the minor third is what we hear in music.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jane Juska was 67 when she placed a personal ad in the NY Review of Books looking for good sex with a man she liked.
We present two takes on the question of whether or not the world's supply of oil is drying up. Princeton's Ken Deffeyes says production has peaked. Danish statistician Bjorn Lomborg says that's just crying wolf.
Mamak Khadem came to America from Iran to finish high school. She began to sing Persian music to stay connected to her homeland.
Jill Lepore does a reality check on Tea Party claims to the founding fathers.
Philippe Petit is the author of “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers.”
Robert Ellis Orrall is a musician who lives in Nashville, on the same street where Al Gore bought a house. So he wrote a song about it!
Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard discusses his six-volume autobiographical novel, "My Struggle."
You could also listen to an extended interview with Karl Ove Knausgaard.
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