Psychiatrist Darold Treffert is one of the world's authorities on savant syndrome. In this EXTENDED interview, he calls savants "islands of genius" and says we won't understand consciousness until we figure out what's happening in the minds of savants.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Brenda Peterson talks with Jim Fleming and reads several selections from “The Sweet Breathing of Plants: Women Writing on the Green World”.
David Shields talks with Anne Strainchamps about his book, which is a meditation on how our bodies decay and die, and his irrepressible father who is 97 and who doesn't give death the time of day.
Charles Baxter and Richard Bausch are both successful American writers and good friends. They talk with Steve Paulson about the pitfalls and perils of doing book tours.
David Gilmour decided to let his son, Jesse, drop out of school, provided that he agree to watch three movies a week with his father. He talks about this experience.
Derick Burleson won the Felix Pollack Prize for his collection of poems about Rwanda, called "Ejo."
Death is not a single moment; it’s can take hours – and some people live again after they die. So says resuscitation physician Sam Parnia. This UNCUT interview with him ranges from the new science of reversing death, to near death experiences, and the possibility of consciousness after death.
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