It can be awkward to receive gifts. Especially if they’re gifts you don’t really want. The same goes for help.
Haddayr Copley- Woods has been grappling with how to handle unwanted help since she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.
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Like a lot of great innovators, Ida Tin wanted something that didn’t exist, so, she built it. It’s a period tracking app called Clue, and the more you tell it—about your mood and your cycle—the more it can tell you about your reproductive health. On the surface, Clue is a tool for individuals to track menstruation. But Ida's real goal is nothing short of transforming women's health around the world. She’s part of a new wave of renegade thinkers who believe that everyday data can give everyday people more power over their lives.
Daniel Cere tells Steve Paulson that the marriage bond is unique and enjoys a primordial power.
Brian Doherty is the author of "This Is Burning Man." He tells Anne Strainchamps about this annual free-form arts festival in the Nevada desert.
Bill Siemering, NPR’s first Director of Programming and President of Developing Radio Partners, tells Steve Paulson how communities in the developing world are using radio as a community development tool.
In traditional cultures, magic can be a way of seeing the world. Philosopher and ecologist David Abram has spent a lot of time with traditional shamans. He talks about reclaiming animism.
Eric Lichtblau is one of the New York Times journalists who won a Pulitzer Prize for the story about the NSA's warrantless wire-tapping program.
Can you fall in love with anyone? More than 20 years ago, psychologist Arthur Aron made two strangers fall in love in his laboratory by asking them 36 questions. Writer Mandy Len Catron tried out the 36 questions with a guy she barely knew. Now they’re in love.
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