Cultural scientist Alana Conner believes we all navigate different identities, and not just along racial or ethnic lines. She finds many cultural conflicts boil down to two competing types of selves.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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E.O. Wilson may know more about ants than anyone else on the planet...
Pianist Christopher O'Riley performs the classics but also covers the rock music of his own time.
Colm Toibin is the author of a novel called “The Master,” based on the life of Henry James.
Brett Milano talks with Steve Paulson about why some people are obsessed with vinyl recordings.
Don't look for authenticity on your plate! That's the message of Barry Glassner's book, "The Gospel of Food."
The Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, has won a landslide election in India, sparking fears of new sectarianism. Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy is one of the BJP’s most prominent critics. In this EXTENDED interview, Roy tells Steve Paulson why she stopped writing fiction to focus on political activism. She begins with a reading from her Booker Prize-winning novel “The God of Small Things.”
David Snowdon tells Steve Paulson how “The Nun Study” works, and what he’s learned about the physical effects on the brain of conditions like Alzheimer’s.
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