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Cartooning for Life
Cartoon Editor, The New Yorker
Robert Mankoff was always funny, but that doesn’t mean that his path to the New Yorker was an easy one - he submitted 2,000 cartoons to the magazine before being published. He charts his cartooning career and explains the unique struggles of being a cartoon editor.
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Steven Pinker says parental influence peaks at conception. Watch
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What happens when life loses any semblance of stability and one is subject to waves of cosmic and sometimes terrifying hallucinations? For Kay Redfield Jamison, a clinically bipolar professor of psychiatry and a mental health expert, this uneasy consciousness was a way of life. Watch
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The Business of Starting Out Gay
Does sexuality impact the world of professional bonding? Internet entrepreneur Peter Sisson weighs in on the issue. This video is part of a "Profiles in Entrepreneurship" series with Start Out, which promotes entrepreneurship in the LGBT community. http://www.startout.org/ Watch
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November 16, 2009 — 3:28 PM
Tough guys don't cry. But during what's been called the "he-cession," they have plenty of reason to. As writer/journalist Reihan Salam explained to Big Think in an interview today, not only have traditionally "manly" jobs such as construction been disproportionately affected by the downturn, but the largely male politicians and executives responsible for the crisis are beginning to see their dominance eroded as well. Read more
The Voice of Big Think
November 10, 2009 — 1:32 AM
Exploring the Contours of Female Sexuality
Today, and over the next two days, Big Think will be posting a series of videos called "What Do Women Really Want?" Of course, there is not just one answer to this question, especially when it comes to what women desire in the bedroom. Yet the particulars of female sexual behavior, and how those particulars contrast with those of men, are the subjects of increased observation by neuroscientists, psychosexual researchers, and clinicians. Big Think interviewed six of these sexologists. We begin our series today with what two of our experts had to say about female orgasm. Specifically, why does it elude some women while other women are able to "think off," bringing themselves to climax without any kind of physical stimulation? Read more
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Tough guys don't cry. But during what's been called the "he-cession," they have plenty of reason to. As writer/journalist Reihan Salam explained to Big Think in an interview today, not only have traditionally "manly" jobs such as construction been disproportionately affected by the downturn, but the largely male politicians and executives responsible for the crisis are beginning to see their dominance eroded as well. Read More
November 16, 2009
Eighty percent of gay and straight women who changed sexual orientation report being attracted to both sexes. Read More
November 12, 2009
Fits of self-loathing, the challenge of being unlovable, and the general sense that you are tripping through darkness are part and parcel of the grand confusion of life—-Jonathan Ames explains. Read More
November 11, 2009
Of course they are. And, as Jonathan Ames explains, they’re also still finding the time to visit peep shows. Read More
November 11, 2009
Human development expert Elizabeth Debold taps into the psyche of post-modern women. Read More
November 11, 2009
Now that women aren’t necessarily expected to raise a family, they are less sure what they want out of life. Read More
November 11, 2009
Exploring the Contours of Female Sexuality
Today, and over the next two days, Big Think will be posting a series of videos called "What Do Women Really Want?" Of course, there is not just one answer to this question, especially when it comes to what women desire in the bedroom. Yet the particulars of female sexual behavior, and how those particulars contrast with those of men, are the subjects of increased observation by neuroscientists, psychosexual researchers, and clinicians. Big Think interviewed six of these sexologists. We begin our series today with what two of our experts had to say about female orgasm. Specifically, why does it elude some women while other women are able to "think off," bringing themselves to climax without any kind of physical stimulation? Read More
November 10, 2009
Snooping for Psychological Insight
Sometimes the best insights into the human mind can be found by poking about in odd places. This week Psychology professor and "Snoop" author Sam Gosling revisited Big Think to discuss the latest directions his inventive research has taken. Read More
November 6, 2009
Classical musician Thomas Hampson recounts a singing childhood with an operatic debut at age 19. Read More
November 6, 2009
What Keeps Thomas Hampson Up at Night
The opera singer is a night owl who hates to miss a beat. Read More
November 6, 2009
Daily Ideafeed
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Sarah Palin
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Former vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin called the hacking of her Yahoo e-mail account the “most disruptive and discouraging” incident in her campaign.
November 19, 2009
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Moniker
What’s In A Name? -
A translation firm is offering prospective parents the chance to check their preferred baby-names don’t mean anything embarrassing in other languages.
November 19, 2009
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Cultural Property?
Age and Antiquities -
Should archaeological artifacts remain in the country in which they were found – or does the law of “finder’s keepers” prevail?
November 17, 2009
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Lang Lang
Piano Man -
Is Lang Lang the most popular pianist on the planet? CNN talks to China’s biggest prodigy a year after he took to the world’s stage.
November 17, 2009
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Psychic Spy?
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Some claim the light hearted tone of new film “The Men who Stare at Goats” belies the steely complexity of the real-life figure the central character is based on.
November 10, 2009
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Foot in Mouth
Prince’s Gaffe -
The Queen of England’s husband made a cringe-worthy gaffe at a reception for British Indians.
October 28, 2009
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Secret Diary Of…
Palin’s Ghost -
Extracts from Sarah Palin’s ghost writer’s diary detailing her dealings with the former governor have been published in Salon.
October 26, 2009
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Civil Rights
Up From History -
Now that the US has an African American president what does civil rights activist Booker T. Washington still offer?
October 26, 2009
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Powerful Shoulders
Bully For You -
The origins of aggression.
October 18, 2009