Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea is alternative currencies.
Douglas Coupland says only twenty percent of people are hard-wired to “get” irony and the rest take everything at face value.
David Isay is the founder and president of StoryCorps which records first person narratives by Americans from all backgrounds. StoryCorps can be heard on NPR every Friday morning.
Anthony Shadid won two Pulitzer Prizes for his coverage of the war in Iraq. He knows the violence of war. As he told Steve Paulson, he also knows, that when the war ends, unintended consequences follow.
Dean Hamer tells Steve Paulson about the gene that regulates brain activity that we perceive as an affinity for spiritual matters.
Benjamin Kilham rehabilitates and studies wild black bears. Steve Paulson spent a day with him as he visited a mother bear and two cubs that he’s keeping an eye on.
Azadeh Moaveni talks about growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran.
Sean Penn reads a section of Bob Dylan’s autobiography where Dylan credits George as one of his greatest influences.