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Complete video at: comedian Brian Malow reveals that many scientists do, in fact, have a sense of humor... with a few quirks. "Sometimes I look out, and they're not laughing, they're thinking," says Malow. "They're looking the joke over, and they have ...

Complete video at: Susan Greenfield describes how new experiences grow connections in the brain leading to more personal and cognitive experiences. She says that thrill-seekers are trying to relive the rush of sensations without any cognitive ...

Complete video at: Prize-winning economist Paul Krugman discusses unique challenges presented by the recent financial crisis. Krugman argues that the best solution for economic recovery would be a , larger stimulus package, but doubts the program would ...

Complete video at: Huckabee argues that "absolute purity" does not exist in politics as it does in theology. While Huckabee is wary of tying the Republican party to the "mushy middle," he also warns against holding politicians to uncompromising ...

Complete video at: Freeman describes the psychology behind compulsive email checking. He explains that the neurological effects of constantly checking your inbox are similar to those of playing a slot machine. "Rather than reward an action every time it ...

Complete video at: to Be Good author Dacher Keltner introduces the Darwinian principle of antithesis, which attempts to explain body language. He relates the principle to strength, modesty, anger, love, spirituality, and stress. ----- Does Darwin ...

Complete video at: of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus compares communist ideologues to global warming alarmists. "They are against individual freedom," states Klaus. "They are both very similar in telling us what to do, how to live, how to behave, what ...

Complete video at: this panel debate, Lowy Institute Executive Director Michael Wesley explores how advancements in communication technologies have facilitated the spread of global democracy. "Fatalism is dead," he says. "Democracy is here as a ...

Complete video at: David Rivkin argues that a congressional mandate to purchase health insurance is unconstitutional. "If you can mandate the purchase of health insurance, you can mandate the purchase of health club memberships." ----- The ...

Complete video at: Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies at the Cato Institute, denounces a public option. He says a government backed health plan will gain an unfair advantage over the private market simply by being "a creature of ...

Complete video at: Makdisi, author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, argues that one ulterior motive for Israel's separation barriers is to "render Palestinians invisible to Jewish colonists." Makdisi shows photos demonstrating how Israel ...

Complete video at: Makdisi, author of Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation, argues that one ulterior motive for Israel's separation barriers is to "render Palestinians invisible to Jewish colonists." Makdisi shows photos demonstrating how Israel ...

Complete video at: authors Stephen Dubner and Steve Levitt reveal disturbing statistics on how often hospital doctors actually wash their hands. Levitt discusses how one hospital successfully addressed the issue by growing petri dish cultures from some ...

Complete video at: Stamper, former chief of the Seattle Police Department, argues that law enforcement, and the private industries associated with it, make too much revenue from the prosecution of drug laws to support reform. "I think making profit off ...

Complete video at: suicide by a love potion to suffocating in cow dung, Simon Critchley gives a brief history of the deaths of famous philosophers -- histories he describes as "weirdness, madness, suicide, murder, bad luck, pathos and some very dark ...

Complete video at: and author Barbara Ehrenreich criticizes the "delusional" positivity that she believes has permeated American culture. She suggests that so-called "negative" realists are persecuted for their attitudes, particularly in ...

Complete video at: writer Rick Steves compares European drug policies to those of the United States, and calls for comprehensive reform of laws restricting use of soft drugs like marijuana. "There's not a reservoir of people just wishing they could ruin ...

Complete video at: CIA Operative Robert Baer and syndicated columnist Victor Davis Hanson analyze Israel's threat to "strike" Iran over that country's alleged nuclear program. Baer believes the threat will be realized, while Hanson argues that the US ...

Complete video at: law professor Lawrence Lessig makes a sweeping indictment of the relationship between special interest groups, their lobbyists, and Capitol Hill politicians. "Members, staffers and bureaucrats increasingly have a common business model ...