Ilse Blansert says that the community that's grown up around ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) has helped her overcome insomnia, anxiety and an eating disorder. In this extended conversation, she talks about how she discovered that there was a name of the tingles she experiences, and the book she's working on about the phenomenon.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ashley Kahn takes Steve Paulson through the creation of Miles Davis' landmark recording "Kind of Blue." The piece is lavishly illustrated with music from the album.
Neuro-psychologist Brian Butterworth tells Jim Fleming about his work with people who’ve lost their number sense. Butterworth thinks we’re all hard-wired to recognize and manipulate numbers.
We all fell under the charm of Eduardo Galeano, when he came in to talk about "Children of the Days." If, perchance, you were likewise charmed and want to hear more, here's the EXTENDED version of his conversation with Steve.
David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
Research and experiments on time travel being done by some of the world's leading theoretical physicists and David Toomey is here to tell us about it.
Christa Parravani talks about her book, "Her," a memoir about the special bond she shares with her identical twin sister.
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