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End of World Meme - Barry Vacker

Apocalyptic stories are more than just entertaining. Millions of Americans believe the world will soon end. Cultural critic Barry Vacker unpacks this end-of-world meme.

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Dan Pierotti - Saying Goodbye

After Dan's death, his friends and family gather to remember him.

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Bill McKibben on Germline Genetic Engineering

Social critic Bill McKibben says we’re rushing through a momentous doorway into a new age of human evolution

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Diana Athill on Memoir of 91-year-old

Diana Athill was the editor of some of the most celebrated writers of our time, including John Updike, Simone de Beauvoir, and V.S. Naipaul.

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Father Gregory Boyle on "Tattoos on the Heart"

Nothing stops a bullet like a job.

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BookMark: Lauren Beukes on “The Three” by Sara Lotz

BookMark: Lauren Beukes on “The Three” by Sara Lotz

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Chrisoula Andreou on "The Thief of Time"

Chrisoula Andreou is a philosopher at the University of Utah who also contributed an essay to "The Thief of Time: Philosophical Essays on Procrastination"...

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Carol Gilligan on "The Birth of Pleasure"

Psychologist Carol Gilligan tells Steve Paulson that her work with teenage girls has shown her that Americans cling to “tragic histories” and have forgotten how to experience joy.

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