Azar Nafisi tells Steve Paulson about her weekly secret meetings with students to read forbidden Western literature.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Memory researcher Daniel Schacter tells Steve Paulson that you can be confident of your memory and still wrong, and explains other tricks our memories play on us.
Neuroscientist David Eagleman says most of the brain's real action happens below the level of the conscious mind. He calls the brain "a team of rivals," since different parts of the brain compete against each other.
Jim Fleming and his wife spent a day in Paris being guided around the most fabulous chocolate shops by former Chez Panisse pastry chef, David Lebovitz.
When Nikka Costa was ten, she was a pop sensation in Europe. Later, she was Britney Spear’s opening act. But she’s left pop music behind and now she’s performing songs by some of the musicians she’s known, including Prince and Frank Sinatra.
Deb Olin Unferth was swept up in the 80's revolution in Central American out of love.
Pianist Christopher O'Riley performs the classics but also covers the rock music of his own time.
Chris Gore is the so-called "pit bull of movie journalism," and the creator of "Film Threat" magazine. He's also the screenwriter and producer of "My Big Fat Independent Movie."
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