If you like novels about computers and the history of technology, then you must know Neal Stephenson's work. The author of Cryptonomicon and The Baroque Cycle talks with us about his new novel -- a fast-paced thriller about the world of hyper-gaming. It's called "Reamde."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Neuroscientist Richard Davidson is a leading expert on the science of mindfulness. He's teamed up with the Dalai Lama to put Buddhist monks in brain scanners, and he's developing a new scientific model for studying emotion.
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"The Passage" has been described as "an engrossingly horrific account of a post-apocalyptic America." The author says the idea came out of a discussion with his nine-year-old daughter.
Keith Donohue's novel is "The Stolen Child." He tells Jim Fleming the book's about a boy who's stolen by fairies and the boy who replaces him in the human world.
Micki McGee says Americans' social and economic history predisposes us to embrace self-improvement as a way of staying competitive in a tight job market.
Marilyn Johnson talks about how librarians are emerging as heroes of the digital age because of their love for the written word, free speech and open access.
Patricia Smith is an African American who's the four-time champion of the National Poetry Slam.
Jon Stewart gives Steve Paulson his take on the 2004 Presidential Election Campaign, and gives good reasons why people should vote for George Bush and for John Kerry.
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