Augustin De la Pena is a psycho-physiologist who works at a sleep disorders center in South Texas, and a leading authority on boredom.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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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.
Carol Dweck is researcher at Stanford University. She says everybody fails, but not everybody fails the right way.
Charles Wilkins talks of his summer job as a college student when he worked for a large suburban cemetery in Toronto.
Astronomers have detected strange light patterrns around a star 1500 light years away. The usual explanations fall short, so Jason Wright says one possibility is a massive structure created by an advanced alien civilization.
Music historian Henry Sapoznik tells the story of Blind Alfred Reed and one of the early American protest songs.
Christie Watson's latest novel, "Where Women Are Kings," tells the story of a couple who adopt a seven-year old Nigerian boy named Elijah. The young child has a history of child abuse and violent behavior, and also believes he's possessed by a wizard.
John Waters recommends the 1968 Elizabeth Taylor/Richard Burton film, "Boom!"
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