Cary Sudler returns to his ancestral home to apologize to the black members of his family for the injustice of slavery.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Death is the one that no one can survive. Unless… well, it depends on just how dead you are.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book "Half of A Yellow Sun" is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra.
“In the culture people talk about trauma as an event that happened a long time ago. But what trauma is, is the imprints that event has left on your mind and in your sensations... the discomfort you feel and the agitation you feel and the rage and the helplessness you feel right now.”
Psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk is helping people with post traumatic stress disorder focus less on talking about their stories, and more on how their stories feel, how they sound, look, or smell.
You can also hear van der Kolk's extended interview, including more on yoga and the neuroscience of trauma.
Christopher Moore talks with Steve Paulson about the world’s most untranslatable words.
Filmmaker and hypnotist Albert Nerenberg explains how we can simulate the effects of drugs through hypnosis.
Danny Wallace is the author of “Join Me.” He’s also the leader of a cult of the same name.
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