Owen Flanagan is a philosopher of mind who spends his professional life tackling the so-called "hard problem" of consciousness.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Slime molds that solve mazes and parasitic dodder plants that seek out their prey are remarkable examples of nature's intelligence. Anthropologist Jeremy Narby offers lessons on how to see the entire world as our kin.
Ralph Nader says he knows how to fix the United States. If he could just get a few super rich people to give him $15 billion, he's got a plan for how to get it done.
John Santos is an exponent of Afro-Latin music and leader of the jazz group John Santos and Machete.
Marcia Bartusiak tells Anne Strainchamps about the race to document the existence of gravity waves - Einstein’s last prediction.
Paul Hoffman is the author of “Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight.” Hoffman tells Jim Fleming that Santos-Dumont’s craft (which he tethered to a light-post outside Maxim’s while he had dinner) was a motorized hot air balloon.
A few brief dramatized snippets from Olivia Judson and her book “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation.”
Reza Aslan seems to admire what Obama said in his recent Cairo speech but says Muslims will wait to see if the actions of the United States reflect its leader's words.
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