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Don Lattin on "The Harvard Psychedelic Club"

Don Lattin says the whole strange trip started when Leary swallowed some magic mushrooms in Mexico in 1960.

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Darold Treffert on Extraordinary Brains

Psychiatrist Darold Treffert regards savants as "islands of genius."  He talks about a lifetime of studying savant syndrome.

You can also listen to the EXTENDED interview, and read the extended transcript.

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Elna Baker on "The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance”

We hear a story from Elna Baker, author of “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance.”

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Chang-rae Lee on "Aloft"

Chang-rae Lee is a Korean-American and the author of “Aloft.”  He reads a bit from the novel.

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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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Eddie Lenihan on "Meeting the Other Crowd"

Eddie Lenihan tells a story told to him by the foreman of a road construction crew in Ireland.

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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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Colson Whitehead on "Zone One"

Colson Whitehead talks to Steve Paulson about his take on the post-apocalyptic zombie novel, "Zone One."

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