Paul Stoller is an anthropologist who studied sorcery with the Songhay people in Niger. Years later he developed lymphoma and only then did he understand some of what his teacher had been trying to teach him.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Near-death researcher Dr. Raymond Moody looks back on his career investigating near-death experiences.
Matthijs van Boxsel is the author of “The Encyclopedia of Stupidity.” He tells Steve Paulson it started with shame at his own stupidity, but he’s come finally to praise it.
He recently produced a set of CDs for the BBC that include rare recordings of the prominent writers.
We’re introduced to the concept of culture jamming, and Kalle Lasn tells Steve Paulson what led him to found his magazine “Adbusters.”
Films about the cold war were a staple of the American film industry for decades, symbols of the Atomic Age.
The Swedish thriller “Easy Money: Hard to Kill" is in theatres around the country right now. It's based on the hard-boiled crime novels of Jens Lapidus. As Steve Paulson discovered, Lapidus is not a big fan of most Swedish crime fiction...
Travel writer Jan Morris tells Steve Paulson that she identifies with the city of Trieste which is a jumble of influences - East and West, past and present.
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