Evelin Sullivan, author of “The Concise Book of Lying,” talks with Steve Paulson about lies of necessity, little white lies, and what sort of deception really makes people angry.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Photojournalist Brendan Bannon lives and works in Africa, where he has documented refugee crises, epidemics, poverty and drought. He's the creator of "Daily Dispatches," an effort to get away from the narrow view of Africa as a place of deep tragedy.
Writer Charles Baxter understands the inner world of teenagers. He shares a tale of teen angst from his novel, “Saul and Patsy.”
Doris Kearns Goodwin talks with Jim Fleming about the political genius of the man she considers America's greatest President.
Edward Castronova talks to Jim Fleming about M.M.O.R.P.G.'s, "Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games.
Some people believe there's a Mayan prophecy that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. What does the Mayan calendar really say? Mayanist David Stuart uncovers the real story.
Sheri Booker was terrified when she first started working at the Wylie Funeral Home at the age of 15. She was still grieving the death of a beloved aunt, and took the job in the hope of finding a sense of closure. After preparing her first client — a suicide victim with a gunshot wound to the head — something changed. As morbid as it may sound, she was hooked.
Diana Reiss directs the Dolphin Research Program at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and is a professor in the Psychology Department at Hunter College. She writes about her findings on dolphin intelligence in the book “Dolphin in the Mirror.”
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