Reporter Charles Monroe-Kane visits one of the last surviving grist mills in the US. He learns how water power is used to grind wheat into flour, and learns something about himself as well.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Renowned religious historian Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation is the Bible's most controversial book and she explains its enduring appeal.
Nobel Prize-winning psychologist Daniel Kahneman is fascinated by the way memory shapes our sense of self. But he says our memories can be quite different from what we actually experience.
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Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin straddles avant-garde and mainstream film, and he’s obsessed with the lost masterpieces from cinema’s history. In this extended interview, Maddin tells Steve Paulson he’s haunted by the ghosts of early cinema.
A few maverick physicists in the 1970s revived interest in quantum physics by exploring some of the deepest philosophical questions about reality.
Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a famous critic of Islam. She talks with Steve Paulson about why she believes Islam is inherently incompatible with Western values.
David Bond got scared when he received a letter from the government saying they'd lost his newborn daughter's data. He decided to see if he could disappear himself.
Historian Erik Durschmied tells Steve Paulson about some of the significant battles throughout history that turned on a change in the weather.
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