Mamek Khadem's soundtrack for an art installation commemorating the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.
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Would you like to sharpen your memory? Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.
Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and director of the University of Virginia's project on children's memories of previous lives.
Linda Gray Sexton describes in vivid detail her own, lifelong battle against depression and suicide.
Shocking acts of violence are committed in the name of religion, but Karen Armstrong says we're too quick to blame faith for violence and intolerance around the world.
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis talks about "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind."
Alan Turing was only 41 when he committed suicide. Filmmaker Patrick Sammon's film, Codebreaker, tells the story of Turing's brilliant life and of his persecution by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual. When he spoke to Anne Strainchamps a few years ago, he said Turing was a victim of the prejudice and paranoia of the time.
John Landis talks about his new book, "Monsters in the Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares."
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