Jonah Lehrer talks about his new book, "Imagine: How Creativity Works."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jason Robillard is a barefoot ultramarathon runner and founder of Barefoot Running University.
Ed Boyden, a researcher at MIT, is at the forefront of a new science that aims to map and even heal the brain with light. It’s called optogenetics, and the journal Science has called it one of the great insights of the 21st century. It’s in its early days, but the goal is to one day be able to take a disease like depression, PTSD, or epilepsy and, using bursts of light, just turn it off -- the same way you’d fix a software glitch in a computer.
Joyce Carol Oates talks with Jim Fleming about some of the stories in her book “Faithless: Tales of Transgression.”
Jeremy Spear made a documentary film called “Fastpitch” about the world of professional fastpitch softball.
Michael Pollan tells Judith Strasser where the American front lawn came from, and what it has come to symbolize.
Robert Logan is the author of "Understanding New Media: Extending Marshall McLuhan." He talks to Anne Strainchamps about their friendship and the great man's work.
Ralph Knowles is one of the godfathers of the modern "green" design movement. His ninth book on the subject is "Ritual House: Drawing on Nature's Rhythms."
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