British writer and playwright Michael Frayn talks with Steve Paulson about “Headlong." The book is about the painter Brueghel and the mania afflicting art collectors.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ray Kurzweil believes we'll soon have tiny computers embedded in our brains. He says we're on the verge of a new era in evolution - a fusion of biology and machine technology.
Allen Long is a former dope-smuggler and the subject of Robert Sabbag’s book “Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail.” Anne Strainchamps interviewed them a week apart.
Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."
Is your marriage passionate? Can we feel thrilled by the same person we look to for intimacy and security?
Esther Perel says, "Yes." She's the author of Mating in Captivity.
NPR Cultural Critic Neda Ulaby helps Jim Fleming unravel the complications of the 2006 film "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story."
Evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist Richard Dawkins attempts to redefine "magic" as rational and non-supernatural.
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