Harvard psychologist Shelley Carson explores new research on how to amplify creativity.
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Terry Tempest Williams adores Thoreau. She says his passion for social justice and his love of nature are intimately connected.
Starhawk is one of America’s best known witches. She tells Anne Strainchamps about the Pagan festival of Samhain and how the wiccan community celebrates it.
Sven Birkerts tried to write a novel, but realized he had more success writing about fiction than writing fiction. He tells Steve Paulson how he became a literary critic.
Dance isn’t a performance; it’s life. That’s the philosophy of Sally Gross, one of the original members of the postmodern Judson Dance Theater, which is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Gross talks with Steve Paulson about the power of movement and breath, the influence of John Cage, and why dance requires stillness.
Charles R. Cross talks about Kurt Cobain's influence on hip-hop.
First it was the Islamic State of Iraq, ISIS. Then the Levant Islamic State of Iraq, ISIL. And now IS – a self-described Islamic State. But what about the youth of the Arab World? What do they want?
How does something as wet and gooshy as the brain produce consciousness, which is immaterial? Steve Paulson reports on the debate among scientists and philosophers.
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