Peter Manseau and Jeff Sharlet are the authors of “Killing the Buddha - A Heretic’s Bible” and run an on-line magazine called Killing the Buddha Dot Com.
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Nicholas Carr believes the Internet is rewiring the human brain with its instant access to all sorts of information. Are we losing our ability to focus on one thing for any length of time?
Authors Pico Iyer and Jonathan Lethem talk with Steve Paulson about the enduring legacy of noir-writer Raymond Chandler.
You know poems can be different things to different people: solace, a call to action, beauty. A reflection on war. But to Rae Armantrout there’s one thing that all poetry should be - read out loud.
Michael Novacek is a paleontologist at the American Museum of Natural History. Novacek talks with Steve Paulson about some of his most famous discoveries.
So just how good are we at predicting the future? Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson look back at some forecasts from the turn of the millenium.
Julia Whitty tells Jim Fleming about her life as a master diver and film-maker among the coral reefs in the South Pacific.
Americans spend billions of dollars a year on over-the-counter pain relievers. In fact, all over the world, easing pain is big business. And Aspirin’s one of the top sellers. Why? Charles Mann, author of “The Aspirin Wars”, tells Steve Paulson what happened when a German company called Bayer came to America:
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