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David Galenson on "Old Masters and Young Geniuses"

David Galenson talks to Steve Paulson about his theory that most artists are either old masters like Cezanne or young geniuses like Picasso.

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Cynthia Miller on Bill Hicks

Cynthia True is the author of “American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story.”  She tells Jim Fleming that Hicks was an important social satirist, remarkable for his bravery and honesty.  He battled TV executives over his belief that audiences could handle provocative ideas.

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Carole Angier on "Primo Levi"

Carole Angier is the author of “”The Double Bond: Primo Levi, A Biography.”  Levi was a brilliant chemist who mined the world of chemistry for metaphors to help him process his experiences as a Holocaust survivor

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Dangerous Idea: We Are More Significant Than We Think

Astrophysicist Max Tegmark's Dangerous Idea?  We are more significant than we think.

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Charlotte Hays on "Being Dead Is No Excuse"

Charlotte Hays is co-author of "Being Dead Is No Excuse: The Official Southern Ladies Guide to Hosting the Perfect Funeral."

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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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Chuck E. Weiss on Being Cool

Charles Monroe-Kane profiles one of the ultimate hipsters – musician and cult hero Chuck E. Weiss. With lots of music by him and inspired by him.

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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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