Belquis Ahmadi is Afghan, Sameena Nazir is Pakistani. They tell Steve Paulson why Afghans welcomed the Taliban at first, what happened when they revealed their hidden agenda of oppressing women and controlling education.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In this UNCUT interview, Nobel laureate psychologist Daniel Kahneman talks with Steve Paulson about his latest book, Thinking, Fast and Slow.
Davy Rothbart is the founder and editor of “Found” Magazine. He reads some samples of the notes and lists he’s found and talks about them with Jim Fleming
We hear from orangutan researcher Birute Galdikas who talks about her experience in Borneo observing the lives orangutans and about the deep connections she shared with them.
David Brooks coined the word “bobo” to describe the people he calls Bourgeois Bohemians. He says they’re wealthy people who believe they’re motivated by social concerns - they buy “practical” Range Rovers.
For weeks, hundreds of thousands of peaceful protestors occupied the State Capitol of Wisconsin. They ate there. They slept there. And they wrote there. Among them was sleep-in activist and blogger, Christie Taylor.
NRBQ has been called the world’s greatest bar band, but prefer to say they play “omni-pop,” and explain that’s why they’ve lasted for over 35 years.
"True Detective" creator and writer Nic Pizzolatto recommends "Absalom, Absalom" by William Faulkner.
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