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Date
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Guest
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12-14-97
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Stanford philosophy professor Fred Dretske, author of Naturalizing the Mind
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11-16-97
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Rosalind Picard, author of Affective Computing, on creating computers with emotions
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10-26-97
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Steven Pinker, author of How the Mind Works
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10-10-97
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Stephen Braun, author of Buzz: The Science and Lore of Alcohol and Caffeine
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9-19-97
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Joseph Swain, author of Musical Languages, on how music is handled like language in the brain
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9-12-97
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Don Campbell, author of The Mozart Effect, on how music can alter the biology of the brain
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9-5-97
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David Cope on his music-composing computer program EMI
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8-22-97
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Mark Derr, author of Dog's Best Friend, on the millenia-long relationship between humans and dogs
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8-15-97
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Robert Levine, author of The Geography of Time, on varying perceptions of time in different cultures
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8-8-97
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Thomas Sowell, author of Late Talking Children, on the peculiar phenomenon of children whose linguistic abilities develop much later than normal
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8-1-97
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Dean Radin, author of The Conscious Universe, on the scientific evidence for paranormal mental abilities
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7-18-97
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Moira Johnston, author of Spectral Evidence, on the phenomenon of recovered memories
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6-20-97
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Barbara Ehrenreich, author of Blood Rites, on the roots of our fascination with war
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5-30-97
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Stuart Vyse, author of Believing in Magic, on the psychology of superstition
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5-9-97
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Dr. Susan Vaughan, author of The Talking Cure: The Science Behind Psychotherapy, on how psychotherapy works its cures
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5-2-97
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Stanford professor Clifford Nass on "the media equation"
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4-25-97
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David Shenk on surviving the information glut
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4-18-97
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Raeann Dumont on coping with panic, anxiety, and phobias
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4-11-97
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Laura Fraser on America's obsession with weight-loss
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4-4-97
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Dr. William Appleton on Prozac, Paxil, and other antidepressants
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3-28-97
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CalTech neuroscientist James Bower on computer imaging in brain research
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3-21-97
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Dr. Eric Hollander on obsessive-compulsive disorders
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1-3-97
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Art and Gloria Clokey on the mind of Gumby
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12-27-96
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Dr. Robert Hare on the psychopaths among us
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12-20-96
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Clinical psychologist Dr. Joni Johnston on appearance obsessions
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12-13-96
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Columbia Univ. neuroscientist Stuart Firestein on our sense of smell
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12-6-96
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Sociologist Michael Kimmel on manhood in America
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11-29-96
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Anthropologist Philip Singer on the popularization of shamanism
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11-15-96
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Jacques Vallee on computer networks and human behavior
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11-8-96
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Diana Reiss on animal intelligence (2nd appearance)
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11-1-96
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Author and aviator Martin Caidin on the future of cybernetics
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10-25-96
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Richard Ofshe on recovered memory syndrome
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10-18-96
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Gayle Delaney on the power and meaning of dreams
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10-11-96
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Joel Kramer and Diana Alstad on the dangers of authoritarianism
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10-4-96
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Margaret Singer on "crazy" therapies
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9-27-96
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Diana Reiss on animal communication
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