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Craig Mullaney on "The Unforgiving Minute"

In 2003, Craig Mullaney led an infantry rifle platoon along the hostile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Bryan Palmer on "Cultures of Darkness"

Bryan Palmer tells Steve Paulson how some population groups, from enslaved Africans to religious heretics, jazz musicians, and homosexuals have found refuge and freedom in the night.

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David Denby on "American Sucker"

David Denby hatched a plan to make a million dollars on the stock market. Then the dot com bubble burst, and he watched his new fortune wither away.

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Dangerous Idea: No Laugh Track

Author Chuck Klosterman's Dangerous Idea? Laugh tracks are the most philosophically stupid thing. Ever.

We've interviewed Klosterman a number of times, here's a link to more interviews with him.

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Frans de Waal on "Our Inner Ape"

Frans de Waal talks with Jim Fleming about chimps, who can be aggressive and violent, and bonobos, who are mama's boys and like sex.

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Ariel Glucklich on "Sacred Pain"

Ariel Glucklich tells Jim Fleming about ritual self-punishment in various religions and how the experience of self-inflicted pain can seem liberating.

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Christopher Moore on "The Most Intriguing Words around the World"

 Christopher Moore talks about untranslatable words.

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Beverly Lapp on "The Star Spangled Banner"

Essayist Beverly Lapp explains what "The Star Spangled Banner" means to her as a Mennonite.

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