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Christopher O'Riley on Young People and Classical Music

Christopher O'Riley chats with Jim Fleming about classical music's image problem among young people and how he makes the music seem cool.

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David Shenk on "The Forgetting"

Journalist David Shenk says Alzheimer's an ancient illness afflicting some 5 million Americans, and that the number of cases is sure to rise dramatically as the Baby Boomers age.

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David Gilmour on Rudyard Kipling

David Gilmour has written a biography of the great British writer Rudyard Kipling. Gilmour tells Anne Strainchamps that Kipling’s range is unrivaled.

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Dan Chaon on "Stay Awake"

Writer Dan Chaon talks about his new book of non-supernatural ghost stories, "Stay Awake."

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Bill Gurstelle on Backyard Ballistics

Engineer Bill Gurstelle loves things that go BOOM! Gurstelle tells Jim Fleming how to build and operate the Potato Cannon and a Roman catapult.

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Derek Chilcote Bacco on himself, The World Famous Audio Hacker

The mash-up is one form of remix culture.

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Daniel Carlat on the Psychiatric Crisis

Tufts Medical School psychiatrist Daniel Carlat believes psychiatry is in crisis.

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Brian Christian - The Most Human Human

Brian Christian is the author of "The Most Human Human: What Talking with Computers Teaches Us About What It Means to Be Alive." He tells Steve Paulson why he decided to compete in the annual Turing competition, not for the most human computer, but for the "most human human."

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