Christine Wicker tells Anne Strainchamps about the time she spent with people who practice Hoodoo and other forms of magic.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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We needed a working definition of the word “scoundrel”. For that, we headed to lexicographer Erin McKean. She’s the founder and CEO of the online dictionary Wordnik. She was also the Principal Editor of The New Oxford American Dictionary. Steve Paulson sat down with her.
The average American voter is NOT smarter than a 5th grader, doesn't understand basic political facts and should probably not be allowed to vote. Philosopher Jason Brennan makes the case for an epistocracy: the rule of the knowledgeable.
Col. David Lapan is Director of Public Affairs for the U.S. Marine Corps and one of the architect's of the Department of Defense's Embedded Media Program.
Naturalist and soundscape artist Bernie Krause talks about his book, "The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places."
In 2006, Barack Obama was the new darling of the Democratic Party and was considering a Presidential run in 2008.
John Waters talks about the playlist of hitchhiking songs that he imagined the characters in his best-case and worst-case scenarios would be listening to when he picked them up,
Borges' "The Library of Babel" has inspired generations of writers and now, many scientists. Here, we read several excerpts from the story.
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