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The Connection with Marty Moss-Coane

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(Henri Rousseau, The Sleeping Gypsy, 1897. Courtesy Museum of Modern Art, New York)
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Science

Why we dream: the science and psychology of dreaming

Can our dreams help us make sense of our waking lives?

Air Date: July 26, 2024 12:00 pm

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Health

Redefining how we age

As people live longer, should we rebalance work, family, and friendships? Do we need to rethink what it means to be old and the aging process?

Air Date: July 19, 2024 12:00 pm

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Arts & Entertainment

How writer Sebastian Junger came face-to-face with his mortality

Journalist and filmmaker Sebastian Junger almost died. His new book explores coming to terms with his own mortality and what might come after death.

Air Date: July 12, 2024 12:00 am

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What Inside Out 2 tells us about embracing all our emotions

Inside Out 2 introduces some uncomfortable emotions - embarrassment, envy, ennui, and anxiety. Two psychologists who consulted on the film explain why we should embrace them.

Air Date: July 5, 2024 12:00 pm

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Lifestyle

How to give and take criticism

Criticism can be hard to take. So what's the difference between constructive and destructive criticism and how can we quiet the critical voice in our head.

Air Date: June 28, 2024 12:00 pm

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Why we lie and why we’re bad at spotting liars

Everyone lies occasionally, but some people make a habit of it. We look at the nature of deceit, why some people lie more than others, and how to detect it.

Air Date: June 21, 2024 12:00 pm

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Ecologist Douglas Tallamy (Photo by Rob Cardillo)
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Science

Creating a Native Landscape in Your Own Yard

Ecologist Douglas Tallamy talks about an approach to conservation that starts with letting your yard grow wild with native plants to save wildlife in 'Nature's Best Hope.'

Air Date: June 14, 2024 12:00 pm

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Arts & Entertainment

Why we need poetry

Three poets discuss poetry's power to connect, heal and inspire us.

Air Date: June 7, 2024 12:00 pm

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Dr. Frank Anderson on trauma and transformation

Psychiatrist Frank Anderson specializes in treating trauma. His new memoir, "To Be Loved" is about facing his own traumatic childhood.

Air Date: May 30, 2024 12:00 pm

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MK Asante’s new memoir ‘Nephew’

Filmmaker and author MK Asante's new memoir begins with him sitting vigil beside his nephew's hospital bed at Temple University hospital after he was shot nine times.

Air Date: May 24, 2024 12:00 pm

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Crews remove one of the country's largest remaining monuments to the Confederacy, a towering statue of Confederate General Robert E. Lee on Monument Avenue in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Sept. 8, 2021. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Politics & Policy

How to confront our nation’s troubled history

If we want to make progress, we need to talk honestly about the most painful parts of America's history. So how do we help people reckon with, and not resist, the past?

Air Date: May 17, 2024 12:00 pm

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Politics & Policy

Frank Bruni on our culture of complaint

New York Times columnist Frank Bruni joins us to talk about why Americans feel so angry, outraged and aggrieved these days.

Air Date: May 10, 2024 12:00 pm

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Arts & Entertainment

Artist Jamie Wyeth and the Unflinching Eye

Jamie Wyeth comes from an artist dynasty. His father is Andrew Wyeth and grandfather N.C. Wyeth. Jamie Wyeth join us to talk about finding his own artistic vision.

Air Date: May 2, 2024 12:00 pm

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Lifestyle

Why we are so attached to our stuff

Why does a childhood blanket or teddy bear hold so much meaning? Why do we find it so hard to part with certain objects? This hour, our emotional connection to things.

Air Date: April 26, 2024 12:00 pm

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Are Americans Losing Their Religion?

Americans are losing faith with their religious institutions and traditions. That’s a major finding in the latest report from the Publi ...

Air Date: April 19, 2024 12:00 pm

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