Maurice Sendak talks about growing up as a Jewish child in WWII New York.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Would you like to sharpen your memory? Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.
Mamek Khadem's soundtrack for an art installation commemorating the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.
Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and director of the University of Virginia's project on children's memories of previous lives.
Mikael Niemi is the author of “Popular Music from Vittula,” the single best-selling book in Swedish history.
Filmmaker Astra Taylor believes our digital life is undemocratic -- that we're concentrating power into the hands of giant tech companies, who make money off our posts and tweet. She tells Anne Strainchamps why she believes there should be greater regulation of the Internet.
Alan Turing was only 41 when he committed suicide. Filmmaker Patrick Sammon's film, Codebreaker, tells the story of Turing's brilliant life and of his persecution by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual. When he spoke to Anne Strainchamps a few years ago, he said Turing was a victim of the prejudice and paranoia of the time.
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