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What other sensory phenomena are out there, waiting to be discovered? A growing online community is watching and making videos to trigger a particular set of tingling sensations, and the calm euphoria that often follows them. Here's part of the story of ASMR. Who knows, maybe you have it too?

Hear Stephanie talk about having ASMR or listen in on Ilse's conversation about her experience with ASMR, and the book she's working on.

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Steven Johnson is the author of several books including "Mind Wide Open" and "The Invention of Air." His new one is "Where Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation."

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Sarah Flannery talks about how her father taught her to excel at math by giving her puzzles and she gives a few examples.  Sarah won the Young Scientist of the Year Award in Ireland and in Europe in 1999.

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Conspiracy theories are like mushrooms. They pop up everywhere -- from celebrity Twitter feeds to the campaign trail. They can be crazy, hilarious, and weirdly convincing. But even the most wacko conspiracy theories are worth taking serious. To explain why, here's Steve Paulson talking with Jesse Walker, author of "The United States of Paranoia."

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Susan Krieger tells Jim Fleming how much she can actually see and what sight and vision have come to mean to her.

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Doug Gordon talks with Terre Roche about The Roches - Terre and her two sisters and their new album.  And we hear lots of music!

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Wu Man is a professional Chinese musician living in the West. Her instrument is the pipa, a stringed instrument plucked like a guitar.

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A great deal of our thinking is shaped by our unconscious minds, such as routine tasks we do automatically.

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