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How questioners get at the truth
How do professionals question people to get the information they ...
How do professionals question people to get the information they want? We talk to a specialist on interrogation and lying about this topic.
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Race and Diversity
Can race be taught as a school subject, like chemistry ...
Can race be taught as a school subject, like chemistry and foreign language? And if so, what kinds of curricula are best for making students understand how other races fit into and benefit society?
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Meditation in the workplace
What can we do to keep our bosses happy, our ...
What can we do to keep our bosses happy, our clients needs fulfilled and ourselves from pulling out our hair? We talk to two men who have found that meditating can help workers.
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The Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest
Everyone knows the line “It was a dark and stormy ...
Everyone knows the line “It was a dark and stormy night” from Snoopy’s exploits as a budding novelist. But do you know the real author of that famous line, and why he has a literary competition named after him?
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How and why search dogs work
Search dogs will follow a scent for miles and even ...
Search dogs will follow a scent for miles and even put their lives in danger looking for survivors of mudslides and building collapses. How do they do it, and why?
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Stolen Art and Art Fraud
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Gardner Museum ...
This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist of millions of dollars in paintings by Rembrandt, Vermeer and others. Nobody knows who took the paintings, but our guest has a theory.
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Lying on the news
A few weeks ago, veteran news anchor, Brian Williams, was ...
A few weeks ago, veteran news anchor, Brian Williams, was suspended because he had embellished a story. We talk to a psychologist and a news veteran about the issue, how it can happen and what the future may hold for Williams.
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The art of quitting
Many people remain in bad situations because they are afraid ...
Many people remain in bad situations because they are afraid to quit, but they shouldn’t. We’ll hear about steps anyone can take when it’s time to quit and move on.
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The Most Human Human
The Academy Award-nominated film, “The Imitation Game” brought to light ...
The Academy Award-nominated film, “The Imitation Game” brought to light the contributions of Alan Turing in breaking the Enigma code during WWII. Throughout his career, he thought that maybe we could build a computer that could think like a human. But could even the best tech whizzes of today build a machine that could not only think but also converse like a human? We talk to a man who researched that issue and even competed in a contest to prove he was human, and find out what it takes for chatbots to beat humans at their own games.
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What makes a great CEO?
A number of high-profile companies have appointed new CEOs lately. ...
A number of high-profile companies have appointed new CEOs lately. What is it that makes one candidate better than another to lead a corporation and make it innovative and profitable? We talk to two management specialists about the characteristics of a good leader, what the CEO is responsible for, and what sets great CEOs apart from other business leaders.
