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Bad is the New Good

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In his new book, Everything Bad is Good For You, Steven Johnson argues that many of our guilty pleasures, like primetime TV and video games may actually be enhancing our cognitive abilities — NOT making us dumber or slower. Kurt asks Steven how media junkfood, might really be nutritious.

There’s No Place Like Home

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Vampire Chronicles

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360 Book Club: The Tale of Genji

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Introducing Nikola Tesla

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Write What You Know

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July Update: The process for this month’s story was: use some of the work I actually do for a change, and some of the experiences I have had as a mom and write something short. I had …

Patricia Marx Wants You to Be Less Stupid

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Everyone worries about getting dotty as they age. But Patricia Marx actually did something about it — having her brain zapped, learning a language, and practicing the piano all day.

“Naked Came the Stranger”: An Oral History

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How “Penelope Ashe” pulled off the biggest literary caper of the century.  

Angie Thomas and TLC

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Bestselling Young Adult author Angie Thomas on how the late TLC performer Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes spoke to her at a very troubling point in her life.

Image from the cover of “Naked Came the Stranger”

‘Naked Came the Stranger’: An oral history

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How “Penelope Ashe” pulled off the biggest literary caper of the century.