Chemist Carl Djerassi has written many scientific books and papers. He’s also published poetry, fiction and a play, “Oxygen,” which he co-wrote with Roald Hoffman.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Brian Palmer is a veteran journalist and foreign correspondent. He embedded with the First Battalion/Second Marines three times between 2004 and 2006. He's now made a documentary film called "Full Disclosure," about the experience.
Fashion designer Suzanne Lee makes jackets and skirts out of cloth she grows by fermenting liquid in a big vat. In the future, she believes we'll harness nature to grow all sorts of clothing and other products.
Charles Monroe-Kane is tired of hearing Baby Boomers wax nostalgic and he tells us why.
David Isay is the founder and president of StoryCorps which records first person narratives by Americans from all backgrounds. StoryCorps can be heard on NPR every Friday morning.
Daniel Levitin reacts to a musical example Anne Strainchamps provides and talks about music and children's brains.
Dean Hamer tells Steve Paulson about the gene that regulates brain activity that we perceive as an affinity for spiritual matters.
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