May 04, 2007
Fifteen years ago, record executives told Tori Amos "the girl-with-a-piano thing was over with Carole King." Now the pop star tells Kurt how she continues to make music on her own terms. Amos's new record American Doll Posse came out this week.
Right-brained people are supposed to be artistic and spontaneous, while left-brainers are literal and analytical. Nobel Prize-winning neurology spawned this insight decades ago, along with the bestseller Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain. But does the story of two hemispheres stand up in the age of the MRI? Produced by Dave Johns.
Astrophysicist Michael Salamon, who works at NASA's Universe Division, says Walt Whitman –- and a lot of other poets -- misunderstood the beauty of the heavens. Give him a few minutes with Whitman, Salamon says, and the poet would have some revising to do. Produced by Lu Olkowski.
In Southern California, a Cambodian-American who goes by "praCh" surprised everyone -- including his parents -- when his Khmer-language hip hop tunes became hits in Cambodia. Produced by Ben Adair.
Robots taking over the world? Stealing all the jobs? Robotics engineer Daniel H. Wilson says we shouldn't fear the all-knowing floor-cleaning unit called Roomba. Produced by Caitlin Lindsey.
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