Laila Lalami tells Jim Fleming that Muslim women are trapped between two competing world views, neither of which knows how to help them or asks them what they want for themselves.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Joan Dye Gussow tells Anne Strainchamps what she eats, and why people should care about the political and environmental implications of their food choices.
The President shouldn't rely on his science advisors to explain what a dirty bomb is or why clean coal is important.
Russian classical pianist Lera Auerbach discuses her lifelong fear of time with Jim Fleming.
Iraq war veteran John McCary offers his essay called "The Fallen," part of the National Endowment for the Arts project, Operation Homecoming.
Jonathan Goldman talks about using sound as a therapeutic tool and demonstrates several of the so-called primal sounds in nature, using his own voice.
Paul Auster is a director, screen-writer and novelist. He talks about dealing with moments of doubt while writing fiction.
Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig-Nobel Prizes, says who this years winners are and that the purpose of the awards is to make people laugh, and then think.
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