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.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Philosopher Daniel Dennett tells Steve Paulson why he finds ignorance of evolutionary biology so appalling.
Fareed Zakaria is the editor of Newsweek International magazine and the author of “The Future of Freedom: Liberal Democracy at Home and Abroad.” He talks about how free elections are not the answer for the third world.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Pir Zubair Shah risked his life to report from Waziristan -- a Taliban stronghold in northwest Pakistan -- where he was detained by both the Taliban and government forces. He spoke to Jim Fleming about the dangers of reporting from that region of Pakistan.
Chuck Klosterman tells Steve Paulson why Phoenix Suns basketball player Steve Nash is associated with Marxism, and how he picks subjects to write about.
Daniel Handler wrote "A Series of Unfortunate Events" under the pen name of Lemony Snicket.
Douglas Coupland says only twenty percent of people are hard-wired to “get” irony and the rest take everything at face value.
David Blight tells Jim Fleming that Americans on both sides played a role in whitewashing the history of the Civil War, in favor of a more unified nation.
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