Mamak Khadem came to America from Iran to finish high school. She began to sing Persian music to stay connected to her homeland.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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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.
Lada Adamic is one of a host of data scientists working at facebook. Anne Strainchamps wanted to know what all those sociologists are up to.
Check out Facebook's social science website.
Philippe Petit is the author of “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers.”
Nadine Svoboda’s been all over the world listening to forests. She records their sounds for the British Library Sound Archive.
Richard Marcinko is CEO of a private security firm which trains mercenaries and he candidly tells Steve Paulson about waging war and interrogating prisoners from a mercenary's point of view.
Jonah Raskin is the author of “American Scream.” He talks about why Allen Ginsburg’s “Howl” became an anthem for a generation
John Landis talks about his new book, "Monsters in the Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares."
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