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Mitchell Joaquim and the Terreform 1 team are looking for new, organic ways of building homes… and cities.  He says part of the answer might be tree houses and… meat houses. Yes, you heard that right, MEAT houses.

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Chang's new novel follows the lives of students and one particular professor in a creative writing program in the Midwest.

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British TV Producer Peter Pomerantsev found he was out of his depth when he was invited to move to Moscow to develop a Russian version of the west's popular reality shows.

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Lera Auerbach's obsession with time has impacted her life in music. We hear examples of her literary and musical achievements.

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Raphael Kadushin is a senior travel writer for Conde Nast magazines, and author of "Big Trips: More Good Gay Travel Writing."

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Journalist Amanda Taub believes the political correctness backlash misses the point and glosses over real issues. In an article published in Vox.com, she argues that so-called political correctness is really about protecting and promoting marginalized voices.

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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. 

You can also listen to the EXTENDED interview, and read the extended transcript.

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Lisa Tucker tells Anne Strainchamps that she thinks the songs that get stuck in our brains reveal a lot about us.

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