Mikael Niemi is the author of “Popular Music from Vittula,” the single best-selling book in Swedish history.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Lada Adamic is one of a host of data scientists working at facebook. Anne Strainchamps wanted to know what all those sociologists are up to.
Check out Facebook's social science website.
Jeanne Boylan, America’s most innovative forensic artist talks with Jim Fleming about the importance of not contaminating eye witness memories.
Jane Goodall is the name best known in the world when you talk about chimpanzees.
According to psychologist Meagan Curtis, the inherent sadness of the minor third is what we hear in music.
John Nichols tells Jim Fleming that the new anti-terrorism laws are endangering civil liberties. He says Congress is depriving the country of the open policy discussion a democracy needs.
Philippe Petit is the author of “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers.”
Leonard Zwilling tells Jim Fleming about boxing’s impact on the English language. It’s yielded such words and phrases as fan, throw in the towel, and up to scratch.
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