Autism's a tricky diagnosis. And its causes - and increasingly frequent diagnosis - are also mysterious. In this NEW and EXTENDED interview, Martha Herbert talks with Anne Strainchamps about unpacking autism.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Laurence Gonzales tells Jim Fleming about "Lucy," in which a mysterious 15 year old girl is discovered in the Congo.
Jonathan Nossiter directed a documentary film called "Mondovino" in which he talks with people all over the world who make and sell wine.
Jeffrey Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Middlesex.” He tells Steve Paulson why he chose to use a hermaphrodite as his narrator.
Richard Davidson is a neuro-psychologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a longtime friend of the Dalai Lama. He tells Steve Paulson about observing contemplatives with a brain scanner.
M.G. Lord is the author of “Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science.” Her father worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena in the early days of the space program.
Meg Gaines is an attorney who was diagnosed in 1994 with terminal, inoperable ovarian cancer. She is now cancer free.
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