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Doug Gordon reports on the TV phenomenon "Lost."  He offers some explanations about why it's so popular and has some theories about the island.

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DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh talks about his new visual art exhibition, "Myopia."

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After writer Olivia Laing relocated to New York from England, she quickly discovered how lonely you can feel in crowd. Still reeling after a breakup and struggling to adapt to a new country, she turned to artists like Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, and David Wojnarowicz to better understand how you can still feel isolated in a city teeming with millions of people.

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Edward Friedman tells Steve Paulson that the Chinese act as if they are already involved in a Cold War with the U.S.

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Biologist Bill Streever is a cryophile – someone who loves the cold.

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Carl Honore speaks about the cultural revolution that is the "philosophy of slow."

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Gadgets become companions in this story by Margery Harrison.

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NPR's Eric Nuzum reveals his lifelong fear of ghosts in a haunting new memoir, “Giving Up The Ghost” – the story of his troubled teenage years, suicidal fantasies and conviction that he was being stalked by the ghost of a little girl. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks with Anne Strainchamps about depression, friendship, and what it means to be haunted.  

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