Josh Ruxin's Dangerous Idea? Instead of foreign aid, use entrepreneurial investment to reduce poverty around the world.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Hebb is the founder of “Let’s Have Dinner and Talk About Death," a movement that encourages people to get together with friends to discuss end of life issues.
Sean Penn reads a section of Bob Dylan’s autobiography where Dylan credits George as one of his greatest influences.
In his new book “Incognito,” David Eagleman explores what he calls “the secret lives of the brain.”
Cary Sudler is descended from a slave-holding plantation family. He discovered that he shares the Sudler name with both black and white families in the area around the old plantation.
What's the oddest - or most delicious - translation of traditional food that you've sampled?
LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold has spent his career seeking out the best plates of authentic – or reinterpreted – culture. Anne Strainchamps asked him about food in translation.
Listen to the UNCUT interview here. We recommend having some snacks on hand!
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie splits her time between the U.S. and her native Nigeria...
Dominique Lapierre talks about “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.” He says thousands of people died because they fled in the wrong direction.
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