A.J. Jacobs tried to live Biblically for a year. He tells Jim Fleming he started by growing a beard, buying a stack of Bibles and before he knew it, he was confronting adulterers in the Park.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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What would happen to our planet if all the human beings simply disappeared with all our junk? Basically, nature would waste no time taking over.
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.
The winner of our 3 Minute Futures flash fiction contest: "Social Scene Alert" by J.M. Perkins, from San Diego.
Find out what brain imaging technology can tell us about the experiences of Franciscan nuns and Pentecostalists at prayer.
Anthony Browne, one of England’s most admired children’s book authors, talks with Steve Paulson about several of his books.
Novelist Amy Tan takes on the comic misunderstandings that arise when Americans seek enlightenment in China in her new novel.
Lars Svendsen talks about his book, "A Philosophy of Boredom."
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