Journalist and educator Thomas Kunkel recommends "Here Is New York" by E.B. White.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sam Keen is the author of "Sightings: Extraordinary Encounters with Ordinary Birds." He reads several passages from his book, and talks with Steve Paulson.
Tom Paine is the author of a novel called “The Pearl of Kuwait.” It follows the experiences of a Vietnamese-American Marine during the first Gulf War.
We hear from Artificial Intelligence pioneer Marvin Minsky, physicist Roger Penrose, philosopher Daniel Dennett, New Age guru Deepak Chopra, and many more.
Maybe love is numerical – or at least, statistical. Comedian and NPR host Ophira Eisenberg went on forty first dates before she found the right guy. For her, the secret to true love was a large sample size.
Washington Post report T.R. Reid tells Anne Strainchamps about the changing relationship between Europe and the United States as Europe emerges into a leading economic superpower.
Virginia Morell wrote a cover story for National Geographic Magazine on the latest research going on in the field of animal intelligence.
Susan Abulhawa and Margot Singer talk with Steve Paulson about their experiences and writing about life in the refugee camps of the West Bank.
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