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Make Energy Democratic

"Shock Doctrine" journalist Naomi Klein's Dangerous Idea?  Democratize the world's energy supply.

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John Hawks on Modern Human Evolution

Paleo-anthropologist John Hawks talks about how we continue to evolve--changes that can be seen in the bones of modern humans.

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Len Fisher on "Swarm Intelligence"

Len Fisher talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."

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Peggy Orenstein on Parasite Singles in Japan

Peggy Orenstein tells Anne Strainchamps about “parasite singles” - young Japanese, mostly female, who reject the traditional life of marriage and children.

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Mikael Niemi on Swedish Literature

Mikael Niemi is the author of “Popular Music from Vittula,” the single best-selling book in Swedish history.

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Marina Warner on Enchanted Forests

For thousands of years, people have been telling stories about magical woods and enchanted forests.  Writer and mythographer Marina Warner talks about the forest in human memory and imagination.

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Never Write For Free

Writer and activist Yasmin Nair's Dangerous Idea? Writers should always 

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Jaron Lanier on "Who Owns the Future?"

Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"

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