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Ron Powers on "Mark Twain: A Life"

Samuel Clemens was an energetic and passionate man who traveled the world and created a new American idiom.

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Scott Russell Sanders on Songs of Place

Several grammy-winning folk musicians have written songs based on the stories in a book called "Wilderness Plots" by Scott Russell Sanders.

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Trauma and the Senses - Extended Interview

In Super Senses, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk talked about how trauma disrupts people's relationship with their body. This extended interview includes more on studies into how trauma rewires the brain, and how yoga can help people heal. 

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Winner of the 2016 National Book Award

Colson Whitehead’s novel The Underground Railroad just won the 2016 National Book Award.

Steve Paulson spoke with him about this powerful, sweeping epic.

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Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon gives advice on how to "Steal Like an Artist."

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Sherry Turkle on "Alone Together"

MIT Professor Sherry Turkle is fascinated by our interactions with machines. She's just released the third book in a trilogy of books on the subject.

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Thanks For the Memos - June 30, 2012

Michael sorts through another batch of Memos!

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Wendy Doniger on the Kamasutra

Wendy Doniger says sexual positions are just a small part of the Kamasutra, and that the British taught the Indians to be ashamed of this book, and their bodies.

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