Muhammad Yunus founded the Grameen Bank which pioneered the practice of micro-lending as a way for poor people to start their own businesses.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A dedicated advocate for space exploration, astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson talks science, wonder and planets in this UNCUT interview with Steve Paulson.
Jaron Lanier loves the cephalopods, like the octopus and the squid.
“The Unraveling of Mercy Louis" tells the fascinating story of a community that’s nearly torn apart following the discovery of an abandoned baby in a dumpster. A witch hunt ensures and the girls at a local high school soon begin developing mysterious twitches and tics, which quickly intensify. Eventually, the girls in the town are acting as if they’re possessed, thrashing around on the floor or grunting like animals. As strange as it all sounds, Parssinen says the book was inspired by a real episode of mass hysteria in Le Roy, New York.
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.
Noah Adams tells Jim Fleming that researching his book "Far Appalachia" let him learn about his own family’s origins in Kentucky.
Marilyn Johnson tells Anne Strainchamps why obituaries are the best stories in the paper.
Historian Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen talks to Steve Paulson about her book, "American Nietzsche: A History of an Icon and His Ideas."
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