Warren MacDonald lost both of his legs above the knee in a climbing accident. He refused to be defeated by the news and devoted himself to designing new prosthetic devices.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ron Sadoff, who teaches film studies at New York University, takes Anne Strainchamps on a tour of the best sci-fi music.
Frank Schaeffer grew up in a Swiss Evangelical commune, the son of a fundamentalist theologian. He and his father helped found the Religious Right and were part of its power structure for many years, Then Schaeffer recanted. Today he's a liberal democrat who describes himself as "an atheist who believes in God." He outlines his disenchantment with Evangelical politics.
Biologist Steven Austad is so confident human beings will soon live to be 150 years old that he’s bet on it with a colleague: Jay Olshansky, who says we’re already living way past our expiration date!
Award-winning author Salman Rushdie talks to Steve Paulson about his new novel, "The Enchantress of Florence".
Sergeant First Class Toby Nunn served two tours of duty in Iraq. He now works for the nonprofit organization Soldiers' Angels, which supports veterans and deployed military personnel and their families.
Susan Friedman tells Anne Strainchamps about her friendship, initiated and maintained via e-mail over the internet, with a young woman scholar in Iraq.
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