Psychiatrist Darold Treffert is one of the world's authorities on savant syndrome. In this EXTENDED interview, he calls savants "islands of genius" and says we won't understand consciousness until we figure out what's happening in the minds of savants.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Eddie Lenihan is the author of “The Other Crowd,” a book about the tradition of fairies in Ireland. From his home in County Clare, he says that Irish fairies are violent and dangerous and that people believe in them still.
David Shields talks with Anne Strainchamps about his book, which is a meditation on how our bodies decay and die, and his irrepressible father who is 97 and who doesn't give death the time of day.
David Gilmour decided to let his son, Jesse, drop out of school, provided that he agree to watch three movies a week with his father. He talks about this experience.
Bart Kosko is a professor of electrical engineering at USC and the author of "Noise." He explains the science of noise. And we hear lots of examples.
Derick Burleson won the Felix Pollack Prize for his collection of poems about Rwanda, called "Ejo."
Imagine what it would feel like if everywhere you went, people assumed you needed help… if complete strangers insisted on giving you a hand, whether you wanted it or not?
Bill Moyers has won 9 Peabody Awards and 30 Emmys, and now hosts a show on PBS. His particular niche is exploring big ideas on television, as he did in his memorable series with myth-maker Joseph Campbell.
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