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Have you heard about Amazon's plans to start a fleet of delivery drones? What would that look like? Listener Sandra Cheasty gives us a glimpse in her short story, "Drones Gone Wild."

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Anthropologist Alia Gurtov was one of the first people to crawl into the Dinaledi Chamber to see the Homo naledi fossils. She describes the harrowing climb into the cave, where she had to crawl through tiny passages to retrieve the bones.

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Danielle Ofri is a practicing physician today.   It’s a life she owes in part to mentors like "Joseph Sitkin", who taught her as a resident..  In her essay “Intensive Care” from the book “Writer, MD” – she describes her time as a young doctor and the emotional price that can come with a license to practice medicine.

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Sam Kriss' Dangerous Idea?  Pleasantness is evil.

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David Perkins, founding member of Harvard think tank Project Zero, talks with Anne Strainchamps about Eureka Moments.

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Arliss Howard and his wife Debra Winger talk with Steve Paulson about Southern culture, the role of music in the film, and why Debra left Hollywood.

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Of course, After the Romance can also come break-ups. The silver-lining to any break-up? The soundtrack.

Robin Linn and Jason Saldanha of Sound Opinions join producer Sara Nics to talk about songs of rage, revenge and moving on.

Looking for the full list of suggested break-up song? Here it is.

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Scientists believe that near-death experiences are real, but there is much debate why they occur and what they might mean. Here's a quick primer on some of the leading thinkers in the field.

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