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Peggy Orenstein tells Anne Strainchamps about “parasite singles” - young Japanese, mostly female, who reject the traditional life of marriage and children.
Sixty years after those Avant Garde composers of the 1920s, some Japanese musicians followed in their footsteps, exploring the outer reaches of sound with “noise music.”
For thousands of years, people have been telling stories about magical woods and enchanted forests. Writer and mythographer Marina Warner talks about the forest in human memory and imagination.
Jon Ronson was assigned by The Guardian newspaper to find out how easy it would be to build a dirty bomb. So he did.
Shocking acts of violence are committed in the name of religion, but Karen Armstrong says we're too quick to blame faith for violence and intolerance around the world.
What's it like to hang out with the U.S. president? Journalist Michael Lewis found out when he shadowed Barack Obama for 8 months, even playing in one of Obama's pick-up basketball games.
Would you like to sharpen your memory? Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.
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