Novelist Dennis McFarland deals with the consequences of violence in his book “Singing Boy.” McFarland talks about the effects of grief on the deceased’s survivors.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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For decades, urbanists have been thinking about cities as organisms. They take in resources, eject waste, spread and grow. Theoretical physicist Geoffrey West decided to put the idea through the mathematical ringer. So, are cities like organisms? Yes. And no.
You can also hear the uncut interview with West.
Aubrey Ralph explains his enthusiasm for the Society for Creative Anachronism, or SCA.
Nobel Laureate psychologist Daniel Kahneman talks to Steve Paulson about the two basic systems that drive the way we think. Kahneman is the author of "Thinking, Fast and Slow.'
Doug Gordon reports on the TV phenomenon "Lost." He offers some explanations about why it's so popular and has some theories about the island.
Contemplating the multiverse is mind-blowing, but if you want a truly earth-shattering controversy in physics, you have to go back 500 years to Copernicus' radical theory. Dava Sobel tells his story.
Mindless Eating author and Ithaca native, Brian Wansink, cleans his plate on stage with Michael.
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