Hayley (Morgan) DiMarco developed “Extreme for Jesus” for a small publisher of Bibles. There are now more than 30 books for teens and the brand does ten million dollars a year
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Pulitzer prize-winning poet Gary Snyder reflects on what it means to be a Buddhist animist, his Zen training in Japan, the meaning of gratitude, and the importance of exploring "the wild areas of the mind."
Gersh Kuntzman tells Jim Fleming the Romans invented both the comb-over and painted-on hair and that toupees are much better than they used to be.
Hilla Medalia made a documentary for HBO called "To Die in Jerusalem." It's about a Palestinian suicide bomber and one of her victims.
Historian Guy Beiner is interested in how folk memory of events differs from the historical record.
Actor and producer George Bartenieff put together and performs a one man play called "I Will Bear Witness" based on the diaries of Victor Klemperer, a Jew who survived the Third Reich.
Golan Levin tells Jim Fleming that one cell phone going off at a concert is an annoyance, but 200 of them can become part of a sophisticated musical composition.
Charles Duhigg, a reporter for the New York Times, has been researching the scientific and social history of habits for his new book, The Power of Habit. In it, he discusses the unique ways that habits shape our lives, both neurologically and practically. He learned that habits are powerfully hardwired into your brain — and stored separately from your memories — making them rather easy to develop and very difficult to change.
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