Should the Star Spangled Banner really be our national anthem? John Hasse gives a short history of patriotic songs, and suggests alternatives for the national anthem.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rob Walker talks with Steve Paulson about the Subservient-Chicken-dot-com web site and why it’s a new kind of advertising.
Duke University neuroscientist Miguel Nicolelis talks about the possibility of upgrading our brains with computer chips.
Hisham Aidi—an expert on globalization and social movements—discusses the role of hip hop in the French-Muslim community and the recent debates about the genre.
Novelist Marilynne Robinson talks with Anne Strainchamps about the role of the soul in the age of modern science.
Lee Smolin tells Steve Paulson about the debate in the blogosphere about string theory's failure to advance the field of physics beyond the accepted model.
Max Decharne can tell you lots of things no one will understand any more. He's a "solid pigeon" and "a bit of a fly thing," as he tells Steve Paulson.
Patrick McGilligan talks about how Alfred Hitchcock chose his leading men, and what makes “Vertigo” the cinematic classic it is.
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