New York Times writer went to Stockholm to track down the back story of the Millennium series and its author who died suddenly.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Billie Whitelaw was Samuel Beckett’s favorite actress and appeared in his plays for over twenty years. She tells Steve Paulson she never understood the plays but thinks Beckett’s a genius.
We are part of an immensely creative universe. Cosmologist Brian Swimme and Religion scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explain.
Eric Steel tells Steve Paulson that his crew filmed The Golden Gate Bridge every daylight minute for one year, and thus witnessed many suicides and even more attempts.
DBC Pierre won this year’s Booker Prize for his novel, “Vernon God Little.” Pierre reads from the book and talks about it and about his own tangled past.
What if you could take a pill or download netware to supercharge your brain? Physicist Michio Kaku says augmented intelligence and memory playback systems are the future of brain science.
Anthony Horowitz has written dozens of books for children, including the teen superspy series featuring Alex Rider.
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."
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