Dorothy Marcic tells Jim Fleming that you can trace the cultural status of women by analyzing the lyrics of 20th century popular songs.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chuck Klosterman tells Steve Paulson why Phoenix Suns basketball player Steve Nash is associated with Marxism, and how he picks subjects to write about.
Brian Doherty is the author of "This Is Burning Man." He tells Anne Strainchamps about this annual free-form arts festival in the Nevada desert.
Charles Limb is a surgeon and musician who researches the way creativity works in the brain. He puts jazz musicians inside an fMRI to find out what the brain does during musical improvisation.
Watch Charles Limb's TED Talk here
Journalist Edward Fox tells Anne Strainchamps about the mysterious and still unsolved murder of American biblical archaeologist Albert Glock.
Daniel Handler wrote "A Series of Unfortunate Events" under the pen name of Lemony Snicket.
The end of money. Really? Are we really on the verge of a coming cashless society?
And what about our social future? Family life has seen a lot of change in the past 50 years. What might the future hold?
Professor of history and family studies, Stephanie Coontz weighs in on the forces shaping American families.
You can also check out her recent New York Times articles about the true history of American families and working mothers.
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