Lee Harris responds to the question "is there really a clash of civilizations?"
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What exactly happens in the brain when you “decide” to do something?
Journalist Neil Strauss tells Steve Paulson about the two years he spent with a group of pick up artists - men who share techniques about how to charm women.
Science writer John Horgan talks with Jim Fleming about scientists who are using the tools and techniques of science to try to discover evidence of God.
In this extended interview, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Dan Fagin discusses "Toms River" — his remarkable investigative story of industrial pollution in a New Jersey town — and why it's so difficult to prove the link between environmental toxins and cancer clusters.
How's this for a novel premise? Owen Lerner is a pediatric psychiatrist. One day, he's struck by lightning. He survives but he has a new obsession -- with barbecue. That's the premise behind Mary Kay Zuravleff's novel, "Man Alive!" She talks about its inspiration and the book's themes.
What’s happening in our brains when we talk or sing or play music? Are language and music different neural processes? Neuroscientist Charles Limb peaks into the mind of a particular kind of musician... rappers.
Jane Yolen likes to re-invent the stories about King Arthur. In her version, it’s Guinevere who first pulls the sword from the stone!
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