David Kilcullen was a top military advisor to General Petraeus during the troop surge in Iraq. He tells Anne Strainchamps that most counter-insurgency efforts fail because foreign armies usually galvanize opposition from local people.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Cornel West and Tavis Smiley take on the mainstream media and the political establishment.
"The Angriest Man in the World", also known as "The Winnebago Man".
Clay Shirky is an internet expert and author of "Here Comes Everybody." He tells Steve Paulson how wide acceptance of social networking sites has dramatically changed our expectations of the media and even the role of journalism.
Ayelet Waldman talks with Jim Fleming about maternal ambivalence and loving children when you don't like them.
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."
Dean Sluyter is a film critic and meditation teacher who combined his interests to write "Cinema Nirvana: Enlightenment Lessons from the Movies."
Filmmaker Albert Nerenberg's Dangerous Idea? Laugh more.
You can also watch his laughter hack video.
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