Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus tell Anne Strainchamps about their experience as nannies and discuss the complexities of paid child-care in the home.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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As Dan Pierotti's health worsens, and the end of his life nears, Dan and his wife confront questions about quality of life and saying goodbye.
Brian Greene is a physicist who specializes in string theory. Greene says that time appears to move in one direction only to complex organisms like people. At the atomic level, electrons don’t know one direction from another.
Daniel Goldmark talks with Jim Fleming about the use of music in animation.
David Syring is descended from the German immigrants who settled the Texas Hill Country. He tells Jim Fleming about his problematical grandfather, and why he still feels rooted to his family's home place.
"I was very uncomfortable with death for most of my life," says Karen Reppen says she ran from death and dying for most of her life. But after she decided to face her fears head-on by getting a job in hospice, she started to see the moment of death as a source of wonder and joy.
Robert Palmer's music writing has great influence on John Lennon. Find out why.
David Anderegg is a Professor of Psychology at Bennington and the author of "Nerds: Who They Are and Why We Need More of Them." He tells Steve Paulson about his inspiration for writing the book.
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