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More Powerful Than Dynamite

Airs at: Sun, 06/10/2012 at 12:00am
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Our guest on Pathways today is historian and author, Thai Jones. Thai is familiar with protest and its consequences. Born while his parents were fugitives from justice, he went by a series of aliases until the age of four. His first book, A Radical Line: From the Labor M... Read more

Dirty Minds

Airs at: Sun, 06/03/2012 at 12:00am
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We all know what love is. Or at least we think we do. But why do we fall in love? What actually goes on in our brains when we love someone?  What does "chemistry" really mean for the way we approach relationships? In this day and age we want our advice backed by cold, ha... Read more

Brain Circus

Airs at: Sun, 05/20/2012 at 12:00am
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Michelle’s “keeping it real” personality and entrepreneur style has been described as vivacious, committed as a catalyst able to see beyond reality, a wordsmith wizard, and a playful connector and leader. She can often be found goofing with her sweet-love son, dancing, o... Read more

Imagine: How Creativity Works

Airs at: Sun, 04/15/2012 at 12:00am
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Our guest on Pathways today is Jonah Lehrer, author of the new book, Imagine: How Creativity Works.  He is also a contributing editor at Wired and a frequent contributor to The New Yorker. He writes the "Head Case" column for the Wall Street Journal and regularly appears... Read more

The Economics of Happiness

Airs at: Sun, 04/08/2012 at 12:00am
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Our guest on Pathways today is Helena Norberg-Hodge, analyst, author, speaker, filmmaker, and producer of a new award-winning documentary entitled The Economics of Happiness. Helena is the founder and director of International Society for Ecology and Culture. She is a pi... Read more

Krishna in the Sky with Diamonds

Airs at: Sun, 03/18/2012 at 12:00am
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Our guest on Pathways today is Scott Teitsworth, author of the new book, Krishna in the Sky with Diamonds: The Bhagavad Gita as Psychadelic Guide. Scott is a lifelong student of Indian philosophy and modern science under the tutelage of Nitya Chaitanya Yati, himself a di... Read more

Modern Storytelling

Airs at: Sun, 03/04/2012 at 12:00am
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Our guest today on Pathways is storyteller Will Hornyak. From Irish folktales and American tall tales to Native American legends, Russian fairytales and beyond, Will weaves a wide web of well-crafted stories into energetic and highly engaging performances.  A former news... Read more

Pity the Billionaire

Airs at: Sun, 02/19/2012 at 12:00am
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Economic catastrophe usually brings social protest and demands for change—or at least it's supposed to. But when today's guest set out in 2009 to look for expressions of American discontent, all he could find were loud demands that the economic system be made even harshe... Read more

Babel No More: The Search for the World’s Most Extraordinary Language Learners

Airs at: Sun, 01/22/2012 at 12:00am
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 Michael Erard is the author of the new book, Babel No More: The Search for the World's Most Extraordinary Language Learners. He has graduate degrees in linguistics and rhetoric from the University of Texas at Austin. He's written about language, linguists, and linguisti... Read more

The Effect of Buddhism on World Culture

Airs at: Sun, 01/15/2012 at 12:00am
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Today on Pathways we are visiting with Dr. Robert Thurman, author of several books on Buddhism and Tibet, including Why the Dalai Lama Matters and he is the founder of the Tibet House, a non-profit dedicated to the preservation of Tibetan culture, located in New York Cit... Read more