Journalist Michael Lewis says the stock market is rigged – a claim that’s stirring up all kinds of controversy. In this FRESH and EXTENDED interview, Lewis talks with Steve Paulson about high frequency trading, the morality of Wall Street and how Lewis invests his own money.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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The film "The Dhamma Brothers" tells the story of a program which brought several Buddhist teachers to maximum security Donaldson Correctional Facility in Alabama to train a group of inmates in Vapassana meditation.
Science writer John Horgan talks with Jim Fleming about scientists who are using the tools and techniques of science to try to discover evidence of God.
Mimi Sheraton is the author of “The Bialy Eaters: The Story of a Bread and a Lost World.” She explains what she found when she traveled to Bialystock.
About a year ago, independent producer Karen Michel moved from Brooklyn to Pleasant Valley, New York, near the Hudson River. She prepared this piece as a way of getting to know her new neighbors
Biologist Marc Bekoff talks with Jim Fleming about his years of research into animal emotions and behavior, from penguins and foxes to his dog, Jethro.
Lars Svendsen talks with Anne Strainchamps about boredom's long, long history. Or maybe it just seems that way.
Mukoma Wa Ngugi is a poet and English professor who writes crime novels set in his native Kenya. He says the crime genre lets him write truthfully about race, class and violence in cities like Nairobi.
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