The massive protests in Ferguson, Missouri are on our minds this week. We explore the racial conflict and police violence with sociologist Alice Goffman.
The massive protests in Ferguson, Missouri are on our minds this week. We explore the racial conflict and police violence with sociologist Alice Goffman.
Children’s author Katherine Paterson tells Steve Paulson that too many people deny the emotional reality of childhood. Her books are popular because she recognizes the fears children face.
Paco Underhill tells Jim Fleming what malls do to get you to buy things.
Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard has been called "the happiest man in the world." He shares a few thoughts on finding resilience in a crazy world.
Penelope Fitzgerald is considered one of the great British novelists of the last half-century. Remarkably, she didn't begin writing until she was nearly 60 - and that's partly what attracted biographer Hermione Lee.
John Balaban performed alternative service in Vietnam during the war there. While helping children injured in the fighting, he grew to love the traditional sung poetry of rural Vietnam.
Paul Krugman won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics and teaches at Princeton. His latest book is "The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008."
Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.