Should the world be a fair place, where everyone gets a chance or would things be better if we showed our natural tendencies toward selfishness?
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How One Apostle Transformed Christianity
How did the man we know as St. Paul shape the Christian religion we recognize today?
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Origins of Anxiety and Depression
How could our psychological disorders be the result of biologically evolved social instincts?
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Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
What’s the best way to rear children? Every parent wants to do best by their kids, but whose method is correct and who should decide?
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Money, Politics, and Corruption
Is there any practical way to mitigate the influence of money on American politics?
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A Christmas Carol
What can we learn about Victorian life and history from an evening at the theater or a contemporaneous work of fiction and what goes into staging such a production?
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The Way We Cook
How do the different ways we cook around the world define our separate traditions and cultures while also drawing us together as people?
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The Introvert's Way
How can introverts survive the clamoring world in which we live?
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An Eagle Scout's View
Why would an Eagle Scout father decide not to enroll his own son in the organization he loved as a young man?
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An Atlantic Odyssey Of Slavery And Freedom
How did a small group of slaves destined for a brutal life of servitude in 1839 re-gain their freedom?
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Our Energy Future
How will we transition from fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy and is such a move even possible?
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Living Poor In America
Hour 2: How is it possible that hard-working people with steady jobs are still barely getting by and what can be done improve their opportunities and lives? We’ll talk this hour with David K. Shipler, Pulitzer Prize-winner and author of “The Working Poor: Invisible in America” (Vintage, Paperback, 2005). Shipler will be in town to address the Community Financial Stability Summit, sponsored by United Way of Metropolitan Dallas this week. https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/dovetail.prxu.org/140/05289a2b-6e3f-4acb-8c80-f72cd32d8b14/KERA_Think_12-03-12_HR_2.mp3
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