Essayist Chuck Klosterman talks with Steve Paulson about TV's "Mad Men."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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It can be awkward to receive gifts. Especially if they’re gifts you don’t really want. The same goes for help.
Haddayr Copley- Woods has been grappling with how to handle unwanted help since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
With more than a billion Muslims in the world, many of whom supposedly hate the U.S., why haven't there been more terrorist attacks? Charles Kurzman says the important story about Muslim terrorism is how little of it there is.
Some people believe there's a Mayan prophecy that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. What does the Mayan calendar really say? Mayanist David Stuart uncovers the real story.
Poet Edward Hirsch bookmarks Alice Oswald's "Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad."
David Harvey doesn't focus on subprime loans or lending. Instead he looks at the internal contradictions of capitalism itself.
Geraint Watkins is a rock and roll pianist and accordionist who's worked with big stars like Paul McCartney and Dave Edmunds. He's also a gifted singer/songwriter who's recorded 3 solo albums.
Artist Neil Harbisson was born greyscale colorblind. He says he liked seeing only in shades of black and white, but he still wanted to experience color. So he developed an implant that would help him hear colors well beyond the normal human spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrareds.
In this extended conversation, Neil talks about the art he makes with his new sense, and about the challenges of living cyborg.
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