Julie Norem is the author of “The Power of Negative Thinking.” She tells Jim Fleming about her strategy of “defensive pessimism,” and explains the good it can do.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Liaquat Ahamed talks about the parallels between the recent financial meltdown and the events that led up to the Great Depression. Both situations involved bubbles, and errors by the Federal Reserve System.
John Alderman tells Steve Paulson that once young people figured out how to share music on the Internet, the floodgates were opened.
Liza Dalby is the first Western woman to become a geisha. Dalby tells Steve Paulson what being a geisha means and explains why modern women have trouble wearing kimonos.
Katie Salen is a game designer, interactive designer, animator, and design educator. She talks to Anne Strainchamps about what children can learn from designing and playing games.
People do without money in many different ways – from simple bartering to using bitcoin on-line. A group of parents in Madison did it by creating a babysitting coop.
Want to start your own babysitting COOP? Here are their guidelines.
Michelle Kennedy tells Anne Strainchamps how she ended up homeless and how she managed to support herself and her three children.
Pat Willard tells Steve Paulson that saffron is more than just a spice. It's rare and difficult to harvest but has an ancient history as a food additive, hair and skin dye, and as an aphrodisiac.
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