Alan Turing wasn't just a brain. He was also an accomplished athlete -- a runner, who nearly made it to the Olympics. British writer Alan Garner knew Alan Turing as his friend and running partner.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sheherezade – the world’s first feminist. Lebanese writer Hanan Al-Shaykh has re-told some of her stories in a new collection.
Do banks really have to rule the world? Not if we use alternative currencies. Bernard Lietaer and Jacqui Dunne say thousands of these different exchange systems already exist to meet people's real needs.
Anne Strainchamps and Caryl Owen visit the Circle Sanctuary in Barneveld, Wisconsin, while Margot Adler reports from Scotland.
Find out what brain imaging technology can tell us about the experiences of Franciscan nuns and Pentecostalists at prayer.
Did we get Freud all wrong? Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips says, "Yes." In this NEW and UNCUT interview, he tells Steve Paulson that we should read Freud as a great literary writer – on par with Kafka and Dostoevsky - not as a scientist of the mind. Phillips says we’ve barely begun to appreciate Freud’s radical insights.
Jonathan Lethem talks about his new novel, "Dissident Gardens."
You can also hear their EXTENDED conversation.
You want kids to love learning? Get rid of the emphais on grades and test scores. That's according to Alfie Kohn, one of America's most passionate advocates for progressive education.
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