Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Historian Jonathan Rose tells Steve Paulson that some members of the British working class in Victorian England and the early 20th century read the classics and used them as a means of intellectual emancipation.
Jim Carrier tells Jim Fleming about some of the historic sites of the Civil Right’s Movement and why they needed an outsider to publicize their locations.
Biologist Renee Askins tells Anne Strainchamps why she is passionate about wolves, and why she was determined to re-introduce wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
Journalist John Conroy tells three tales of torture in his book “Unspeakable Acts, Ordinary People.” He describes them, and tells Steve Paulson that he believes that anyone is capable of inflicting torture, particularly when directed by a person in a position of authority.
In this UNCUT interview, Pico Iyer tells Jim Fleming about his obsession with novelist Graham Greene. That obsession is also the subject of Iyer's new book, "The Man Within My Head".
Kitty Burns Florey is the author of "Script and Scribble: The Rise and Fall of Handwriting." She says handwriting is the original font and talks with Jim Fleming about practicing Palmer method.
Mary Roach is the author of “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.” She reads from the book and talks about observing an anatomy class.
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