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Bryandt Urstadt on "Imagine There's No Oil"

Bryandt Urstadt tells Steve Paulson about the grim future the peak oilers are already getting ready for and thinks we should all buy gold.

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Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on "Half of A Yellow Sun"

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie is a Nigerian novelist whose book "Half of A Yellow Sun" is set during the period of civil violence surrounding the creation of Biafra.

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Christopher Buckley on "Boomsday"

Christopher Buckley talks with Steve Paulson about his novel "Boomsday," which posits a piece of runaway legislation providing tax incentives for Boomers who choose to commit suicide...sort of an updated "Modest Proposal."

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Emily Anthes on "Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts"

Emily Anthes talks about her book, "Frankenstein's Cat: Cuddling Up to Biotech's Brave New Beasts."

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Cubed - Nikil Saval

Nikil Saval talks about his book, "Cubed: A Secret History of the Workplace." 

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Coleman Barks on Rumi's Mystical Ecstasy

Coleman Barks has made it his life's work to translate the poetry of 13th century mystic and poet Rumi.

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Frans de Waal on Animal Culture

Frans de Waal talks with Steve Paulson about the evidence demonstrating that animals have culture.

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Dangerous Idea: Simulating drugs through hypnosis

Filmmaker and hypnotist Albert Nerenberg explains how we can simulate the effects of drugs through hypnosis.

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