“Advances in resuscitation science are beginning to challenge our understanding of what death really is,” says Sam Parnia. He's the director of cardiopulmonary resuscitation research at SUNY NY. Parnia says it's now possible to bring people back to life much longer after cardiac arrest than medicine had previously thought.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Bruce Watson tells Steve Paulson why Erector Sets were so huge. They reflected the spirit of America’s Industrial Age, and A.C. Gilbert marketed them directly to boys.
Dr. Ted Kaptchuk tells Steve Paulson about the work of some Danish researchers who have concluded that “the Placebo effect” is a myth.
We hear a story from Elna Baker, author of “The New York Regional Mormon Singles Halloween Dance.”
In this EXTENDED interview, Dr. Eduardo Rodriguez tells the story of a marathon facial transplantation for his patient, Richard Norris.
What is it exactly that we love about the movies? For Madelon Sprengnether, going to the movies prompted a journey of self discovery and helped her cope with the sudden death of her father. It all started with a Bengali film called "Pather Panchali."
Franklin Foer tells Steve Paulson how soccer's international popularity leads to exchanges of players and coaches among many countries...
Danny Gregory tells Jim Fleming that film-strips became popular around the time of the second world war and were used for industrial training and in public schools.
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