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Eric Nuzum's memoir, "Giving Up the Ghost," is a true story about feeling haunted -- by a ghost, a girl, and his past as a troubled teen growing up in the wasteland of American suburbia.

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Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea is alternative currencies.

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Fashion designer Suzanne Lee makes jackets and skirts out of cloth she grows by fermenting liquid in a big vat. In the future, she believes we'll harness nature to grow all sorts of clothing and other products.

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What's the oddest - or most delicious - translation of traditional food that you've sampled?

LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold has spent his career seeking out the best plates of authentic – or reinterpreted – culture. Anne Strainchamps asked him about food in translation.
 
Listen to the UNCUT interview here. We recommend having some snacks on hand!
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Brian Turtle tells Steve Paulson how he came up with the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" and plays a few rounds with Steve.

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Doug Gordon reports on the TV phenomenon "Lost."  He offers some explanations about why it's so popular and has some theories about the island.

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Ayaan Hirsi Ali may be the world’s most famous critic of Islam. Born a Muslim, Hirsi Ali fled to the Netherlands where she eventually became a member of Parliament...

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Daniel Levitin is a neuroscientist with a twist; he's also a musician and record producer.  He says brain imaging is showing how our brains listen to and make music.

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