Poet Anna Rabinowitz found a shoe box full of old letters and photos of family and friends killed in the Holocaust. She wrote the poem "Darkling" to feature their voices. We also hear excerpts from the opera "Darkling."
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Philosopher Alva Noe says it's a mistake to regard consciousness as strictly a product of our brain. He says consciousness is something we do.
You may not know his name, but to tens of thousands of Native Americans, Bronson Koenig is their hero. He's a star player on the Wisconsin Badgers, an NBA hopeful, and a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. And now, he's a Standing Rock protester. Steve Paulson caught up with Koenig just before he joined the protest in North Dakota.
What kind of religion would ask a father to kill his son to prove his devotion to God? Religious scholar Bruce Chilton unpacks the Biblical story of Abraham and Isaac.
Andrew Solomon talks with Steve Paulson about his own experience with depression, and why depressive illness is becoming more common.
With plastic surgery business growing dramatically in the United States, liposuction and breast augmentation are the most popular procedures.
Anthony Harkins tells Steve Paulson about the stereotype of the hillbilly and what it has meant to American culture.
When photographer Phil Toledano's mother died in 2006, Phil - an only child - became his father's main caregiver. Phil started taking photos of him too. In the beginning, he says, "I was taking photographs for myself. I was recording something for myself." But when he started sharing the pictures online, the response was overwhelming.
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