Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt says despite what we believe, our political beliefs aren't always as well reasoned as we think.
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Perhaps one of the most obvious and important cultural divides in the United States is between the political right and left.
In this UNCUT interview, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt talks with Steve Paulson about his research into the fundamental differences between Democrats and Republican, and how we might begin to speak across the gap.
Ashley Lynn Hlebinsky is the curator of the Cody Firearms Museum (the most comprehensive collection of American firearms in the world) in Cody, Wyoming. She says we should strip away the politics and the myth around guns and also view them as important historic objects.
Steven Hall’s debut novel is called “The Raw Shark Texts.” Hall reads from the books opening, and talks with Jim Fleming.
Stephen Thompson is the founder of the A.V. Club, the arts section of the satirical newspaper, "The Onion," originally based in Madison, Wisconsin. Thompson eventually left Madison for Washington DC, to work at NPR as an editor and reviewer at NPR Music. In this interview, Thompson tells Steve Paulson about the forces that drew "The Onion" staff to New York, and what it means to be an artist in the Heartland.
Claressa Shields is one of the highest ranked fighters in the world. At the age of 17 she became the first American to win gold in Olympic Women's Boxing. To date, she has more than fifty victories and only one loss. So what's it like to be one of the toughest teen fighters in the world? Charles Monroe-Kane called Claressa to find out.
Historian Susan J. Matt talks to Jim Fleming about her book, "Homesickness: An American History."
As a young man, Russell Razzaque was recruited by a militant Islamic student group. He left and today he's a psychologist and authority on suicide bombers.
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