Parker Palmer tells Jim Fleming why the soul still matters in an age of science.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Robert Kaplan tells Jim Fleming that people had a lot of trouble accepting a mathematical symbol for the idea of nothing.
In this final segment, we take a left turn to punk.
Richard Hell co-founded the band Television in the mid-70s. He also created a look and sound that would eventually be called “punk.”
Novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux tells Steve Paulson about the time he was held captive in Africa.
Jason Robillard is a barefoot ultramarathon runner and founder of Barefoot Running University.
Louis Colaianni thinks anyone can be taught to speak Shakespeare. He gives Anne Strainchamps a lesson using the introduction to “Romeo and Juliet.”
Acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead got the magazine assignment of a lifetime: a week in Vegas, playing in the World Series of Poker. He tells Doug Gordon about high stakes poker and his own "anhedonia," his difficulty experiencing pleasure.
Joyce Johnson talks with Anne Strainchamps about her book and her relationship with Jack Kerouac.
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