"Independent People" by Halldór Laxness reviewed by author David Mitchell ("Cloud Atlas")
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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According to Cesar Millan, dogs need exercise, discipline and affection, in that order.
Musician and philosopher David Rothenberg plays duets with birds all over the world. He’s searching for an answer to the question “Why Birds Sing.”
Psychiatrist Charles Grob is studying how psilocybin — the psychoactive component of magic mushrooms - can reduce death anxiety for end-stage cancer patients. His results, published in the Archives of General Psychiatry, show that giving psilocybin to terminally ill people may help patients anxiety and depression about the end of end of life.
Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming why deep, dark, bittersweet chocolate is a health food. It has more anti-oxidants than Vitamin C!
Novelist Dennis McFarland deals with the consequences of violence in his book “Singing Boy.” McFarland talks about the effects of grief on the deceased’s survivors.
Frank Kermode tells Steve Paulson that Shakespeare revolutionized the English language and worked within a culture that got most of its information from listening.
Emily Rapp had her foot amputated when she was 4, and the rest of the leg at age 8.
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