Eric Kandel has spent a lifetime studying the science of memory and picked up a Nobel Prize while he was at it.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In Connie Willis' world, historians can actually go to the past to study.
Mary Pauline Lowry has been obsessed with fire since she was a child. And she's pursued this obsession throughout her life -- by working as a member of a hotshot crew fighting wildland fires and writing a novel called "Wildfire" based on her experience.
Ben Buchanan found his way out of dyslexia by reading Harry Potter. Then he invented a board game and wrote a book about it - “My Year with Harry Potter.”
Ausma Khan is the editor of a new magazine called "Muslim Girl." She tells Anne Strainchamps how the magazine can help young Muslim women talk with their parents.
Davyd Betchkal is a soundscape engineer in Alaska's Denali National Park. We hear recordings of wood frogs, bear cubs, even an avalanche.
Jon Ronson's Dangerous Idea -- Can Too Much Christmas Drive Kids to Kill?
Steve Paulson talks with Bishop King, founder of the Church of St. John Coltrane, and with Ashley Kahn, author of “A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane’s Signature Album.” We hear about the composition and album.
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