Azar Nafisi tells Steve Paulson about her weekly secret meetings with students to read forbidden Western literature.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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B.J. Novak's Dangerous Idea? The artist Christo designing a roller coaster inspired by life.
Memory researcher Daniel Schacter tells Steve Paulson that you can be confident of your memory and still wrong, and explains other tricks our memories play on us.
Chelsea Vargas of Youth Radio provides a commentary about keeping in touch with teachers.
David Maraniss talks with Jim Fleming about Robert Clemente and how he changed major league baseball for Latin-American players in the U.S.
Neuroscientist David Eagleman says most of the brain's real action happens below the level of the conscious mind. He calls the brain "a team of rivals," since different parts of the brain compete against each other.
Deborah Pardes is the founder of the SIBL Project. SIBL stands for Songs Inspired by Literature.
Nicholas Felton transforms data into something beautiful. As a self-described "information designer" and extremely dedicated life logger, he tracks aspects of his life over the course of the year and then publishes them as "annual reports."
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