Jacques Berlinerblau says we still don't know how to talk intelligently about religion in public life. That's why he wrote "How To Be Secular." He tells us why "secular" doesn't mean "atheist."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Iris Chang is the author of “The Chinese in America: A Narrative History.” She talks with Steve Paulson about that history.
Chad Harbach is a cofounder and coeditor of the literary magazine N+1. A few years ago, he penned a widely circulated essay looking at the rise of creative writing MFA programs in the US. He believes they're creating a distinctly new literary culture, with its own set of motivations and goals.
James Kakalios tells Jim Fleming that without quantum physics, we wouldn't have ipods or CD players or laptops.
What if you knew that 30 days after you die, the earth would be destroyed? Would it change the way you live? Take philosopher Samuel Scheffler's thought experiment HERE.
Jack Zipes tells Steve Paulson why he’s not a big fan of the Harry Potter Books, what great children’s literature should do, and how he fights with his daughter about her books and music.
James Gleick's "The Information" is a sweeping history of information, going back to the invention of writing and the African tradition of talking drums. He tells Steve Paulson that the invention of information technologies has changed the very nature of consciousness.
In "Humans, Aliens and Autism" Ian Hacking analyzes the use of the alien metaphor as applied to people with autism.
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