Physicist Leonard Mlodinow and spiritual teacher Deepak Chopra debate their conflicting worldviews on science and the origins of consciousness.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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The future of farming may be up in the air -- literally. Microbiologist Dickson Despommier's concept of skyscraper farming has excited scientists, architects and politicians. Could multi-story farms solve the global hunger problem?
Anthony Zuiker, creator of "CSI", tells Steve Paulson that getting the science right in “CSI” is crucial; remembers how great it was when the Mob ran Las Vegas; and admits he’s the show’s gambling expert.
Benjamin Reiss tells Steve Paulson how P.T. Barnum got his start: exhibiting an elderly Black woman who claimed to be 161 years old and George Washington’s nanny.
Bruce Greyson is considered the father of research into the Near Death Experience.
Memory researcher Daniel Schacter tells Steve Paulson that you can be confident of your memory and still wrong, and explains other tricks our memories play on us.
Azar Nafisi tells Steve Paulson about her weekly secret meetings with students to read forbidden Western literature.
University of Wisconsin historian Florencia Mallon talks about Chilean singer Victor Jara - one of the thousands of Chileans rounded up during the coup and executed.
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