Edward Castronova talks to Jim Fleming about M.M.O.R.P.G.'s, "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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With more than a billion Muslims in the world, many of whom supposedly hate the U.S., why haven't there been more terrorist attacks? Charles Kurzman says the important story about Muslim terrorism is how little of it there is.
A compilation of Anne Strainchamps talking with Bill Penzey of Penzeys Spices about vanilla, fennel seed, and nutmeg.
Some people used to complain that the movie didn't live up to the book. Now they're saying the movie doesn't live up to its sequel.
How do composers and performers play with our expectations to keep the brain interested in music?
Nick Bostrom's Dangerous Idea? Societies should limit the development of harmful technologies while promoting beneficial ones.
Children’s book author Avi talks with Anne Strainchamps about his Breakfast Serials project which publishes stories for children in newspapers.
Emily Parker bookmarks Mario Vargas Llosa's "Conversation in the Cathedral."
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