.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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If you like novels about computers and the history of technology, then you must know Neal Stephenson's work. The author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle talks with us about his new novel -- a fast-paced thriller about the world of hyper-gaming. It's called "Reamde."
Paleontologist Peter Ward tells Steve Paulson that big carnivores are unlikely to survive outside zoos but creatures that can survive around humans - like rats and coyotes - will thrive in the future.
Mark Rectanus tells Steve Paulson that corporate sponsorship can create conflicts of interest for museum curators and can turn art exhibits into “tarted-up trade shows.”
Rita Golden Gelman tells Anne Strainchamps how she became a professional nomad, and recounts some stories from her travels in Bali and rural Mexico.
"The Passage" has been described as "an engrossingly horrific account of a post-apocalyptic America." The author says the idea came out of a discussion with his nine-year-old daughter.
Can science finally answer the age-old mystery, how something can come out of nothing? Physicist Lawrence Krauss says yes, and in the process he’s set off an intellectual brawl with theologians and philosophers.
Today we celebrate the 40th anniversary of Punk. For 40 years, punk has influenced not just music, but fashion, film, art… not to mention hairstyles. So what makes punk… punk? Music journalist Legs McNeil is the guy who named it. And chronicled it. Along with Gillian McCain wrote THEE book on the history of punk. It’s an oral history called “Please Kill Me.”
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