For 26 years, Dan Pierotti knew — really knew — that his days were numbered. In 1988 he was diagnosed with congestive heart failure. In this second installment of his story, Dan and his wife Judy talk about the dealing with medication, hospice and Dan's decreasing mobility. And they consider whether or not he will stop taking the medicine that keeps him alive.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Happy Valentine's Day! Looking for a new take on love? Psychologist Barbara Fredrickson has been studying the emotion and has a new definition. In this EXTENDED interview, she also talks about how to build more of it into our days.
Playwright and actress Anna Deveare Smith tells Steve Paulson about her book “Talk To Me: Listening Between the Lines.” Smith did over 400 interviews with Washington residents, including President Clinton.
In 2011, as a relatively unknown writer, Hugh Howey released a dystopian science fiction novella on the internet. Readers loved it and clamored for more. Before any print copies had even been published, Howey's WOOL series sold hundeds of thousands of copies, earning him a small fortune. He believes that self-publishing is the future for lots of writers.
Alan Dale tells Anne Strainchamps how he came to love physical comedy and reflects on some of his favorite on-screen bits.
Arabic interperter Kayla Williams served in Iraq as a sergeant in a military intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division.
Veterinarian Allen Schoen is the author of “Kindred Spirits.” He talks with Jim Fleming and makes the case for animal consciousness.
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