The film "The Dhamma Brothers" tells the story of a program which brought several Buddhist teachers to maximum security Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama to train a group of inmates in Vapassana meditation.
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Rajiv Joseph is a New York playwright. He tells Jim Fleming he wrote “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” based on a small newspaper story...
Science writer John Horgan talks with Jim Fleming about scientists who are using the tools and techniques of science to try to discover evidence of God.
Can you actually see creativity in the brain? Neuroscientist Rex Jung describes brain imaging studies of creativity in action.
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Neurologist Oliver Sacks is famous for his stories of people with brain disorders. In his book "Musicophilia," he writes about people who were transformed by music.
Peter Klimley is the world’s leading expert on Hammerhead and Great White sharks. He tells Jim Fleming what Hollywood got wrong in “Jaws."
Pagan Kennedy is the author of “Black Livingstone,” a biography of 19th century black American missionary William Sheppard.
With the international community sending doctors and resources to help stop Ebola's spread across West Africa, we turn to medical historian Gregg Mitman to help us understand the history behind how people are responding to the outbreak.
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