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Bob Dylan on Georgeous George, read by Sean Penn

Sean Penn reads a section of Bob Dylan’s autobiography where Dylan credits George as one of his greatest influences.

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Eric Lichtblau on NSA's Wire-Tapping

Eric Lichtblau is one of the New York Times journalists who won a Pulitzer Prize for the story about the NSA's warrantless wire-tapping program. 

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Azhar Usman on Socially-Conscious Comedy

Azhar Usman is a Muslim stand-up comic and part of the "Allah Made Me Funny" Comedy Troupe.  He tells Jim Fleming that he sees himself as belonging to a long tradition of socially conscious comedians.

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Frank Drake on SETI

Frank Drake says SETI gets lots of false alarms and they’re all caused by signals that originate on earth, and that the situation will only get worse.  But he’s still optimistic.

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Finding Love With 36 Simple Questions (web extra)

Can you fall in love with anyone?  More than 20 years ago, psychologist Arthur Aron made two strangers fall in love in his laboratory by asking them 36 questions. Writer Mandy Len Catron tried out the 36 questions with a guy she barely knew. Now they’re in love.  

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Catherine Jagoe reads a poem about honey and bees

Poet Catherine Jagoe shares her poem about bees and honey.

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Cui Jian on His Music

Anne talks with Chinese superstar Cui Jian about his new album.

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Dorothy Marcic on Women's Lyrics in Pop

Dorothy Marcic tells Jim Fleming that you can trace the cultural status of women by analyzing the lyrics of 20th century popular songs.

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