Darrin McMahon is the author of “Happiness: A History.” He tells Jim Fleming the Founding Fathers equated happiness with virtue...
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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John Safran says we need writers who are outsiders. Otherwise, groups will keep hiding their secrets.
Brendan Halpin tells Steve Paulson about his early days as a teacher and why he stuck it out for several years.
Acrassicauda means Black Scorpion and is the name of an Iraqi heavy metal band.
"Gifts make slaves like whips make dogs" is an anthropologist's tale of inter-cultural difference in gift exchanges.
David Graeber takes us on a tour of gift giving, and gift economies. He also takes a swing at the question of whether it's possible to give a truly selfless gift.
Chuck Klosterman tells Steve Paulson why Phoenix Suns basketball player Steve Nash is associated with Marxism, and how he picks subjects to write about.
Writer Asra Nomani traveled alone in India and Pakistan on what became a personal, spiritual journey.
David Stubbs argues that new music doesn't get the same respect as new art.
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