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Christopher Hitchens on "Why Orwell Matters"

Writer and journalist Christopher Hitchens tells Steve Paulson that Orwell got it right about imperialism, fascism and communism.

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Better Angels of our Nature

Is humanity getting better or worse?

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David Plotz on "Good Book"

David Plotz is the editor of Slate Magazine (slate.com) and the author of "Good Book."

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Future Jobs - Erik Brynjolfsson

So your future self’s woken up at home on this weekday in 2055. Time for work, right?

But what kind of work? With America’s old industries sagging, what kind of jobs will we do?

To tackle that question, Steve Paulson sat down with MIT management professor, Erik Brynjolfsson.

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Colin McAdam on Chimp Fiction

Novelist Colin McAdam conjures a fictional world of a childless couple who adopt a rambunctious chimp.  We hear excerpts of his novel "A Beautiful Truth."

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DEEP TRACKS: Charles Cross on "The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest"

Charles R. Cross on the Young Fresh Fellows album “The Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest.”

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Chandler Burr on "The Emperor of Scent"

Chandler Burr's new book explains Luca Turin’s theory of how we smell and recounts his amazing ability to recognize the odor of particular molecules.

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Dambisa Moyo on "Dead Aid"

Dambisa Moyo was born in Zambia, got a Master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a Ph.D. in Economics from Oxford...

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