Alice Dreger tells Jim Fleming that conjoined twins usually see themselves as individuals, but view being joined as a positive thing.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Playwright and actress Anna Deveare Smith tells Steve Paulson about her book “Talk To Me: Listening Between the Lines.” Smith did over 400 interviews with Washington residents, including President Clinton.
Mary Oliver has said, "The poem is meant to be given away, best of all by the spoken presentation of it; then the work is complete." To complete the second hour of the Death series, here's her reading of "When Death Comes," taken from At Blackwater Pond: Mary Oliver Reads Mary Oliver and used with permission from Beacon Press, 2006.
A. Scott Berg is the author of “Kate Remembered.” The book is a biography of Katherine Hepburn in the form of a memoir of the author’s twenty year friendship with the actress.
Veterinarian Allen Schoen is the author of “Kindred Spirits.” He talks with Jim Fleming and makes the case for animal consciousness.
Field biologist Alan Rabinowitz has spent decades studying tigers and leopards in Thailand. His book “Beyond the Last Village,” recounts his time in Myanmar (formerly known as Burma.)
Alan Turing was one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century. His work ushered in the digital age and paved the way for computers and artificial intelligence. Andrew Hodges explains why Turing is considered the father of the computer.
One fifth of all new relationships today begin online. That’s a lot of people trusting their hearts to the algorithms of digital matchmakers.
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