You want kids to love learning? Get rid of the emphais on grades and test scores. That's according to Alfie Kohn, one of America's most passionate advocates for progressive education.
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Margaret Atwood talks about her new novel, "MaddAddam."
You can also listen to their UNCUT conversation.
Steve Paulson talks with philosopher Alva Noe, author of "Out of Our Heads: Why You Are Not Your Brain, and Other Lessons from the Biology of Consciousness."
Economists at the University of Warwick in England have calculated the price of happiness. Andrew Oswald tells Steve Paulson that money can buy happiness, but it takes a lot.
Alain de Botton tells Steve Paulson that we all worry about our place in the pecking order and our lifestyle choices reflect our anxieties.
Anne-Marie Schleiner is one of the creators of Velvet-Strike, an on-line modification for the game Counter-Strike. Schleiner’s goal is to introduce messages of peace into a violent game.
Shortly before he was three, Ron Suskind's son was diagnosed with a rare form of autism that left him withdrawn and silent. Years later, the family used Disney films to draw him out. Ron Suskind writes about it in his book, Life, Animated: A Story of Sidekicks, Heroes, and Autism.
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