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Alison Gopnik
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10/07/2009
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11,628
Episode: #05129
Alison Gopnik says babies are already as smart as they can be and have incredibly powerful ways of learning about the world. (06:40)
Tags: interview,  books,  science,  kids,  education,  parenting,  growing up,  morality,  Alison Gopnik 
Matthew Crawford
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06/24/2009
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14,765
Episode: #05086
Matthew Crawford explores the dichotomy between "knowledge" work and manual labor. (07:19)
Tags: interview,  books,  business,  education,  labor,  college,  work/office,  intelligence,  Matthew Crawford 
Walter Kirn
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05/19/2009
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11,422
Episode: #05069
Walter Kirn believes that putting Ivy League schools like Princeton on the web would show those attending state schools they're not inferior. (06:24)
Tags: interview,  books,  education,  reform,  elitism,  school,  college,  Ivy League,  wealth,  demographics,  diversity,  Walter Kirn 
Susan Jacoby
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04/22/2008
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45,020
Episode: #04053
Susan Jacoby and Stephen debate the importance of reason, the benefits of elitism and how much she owes him in truthiness residuals. (5:58)
Tags: interview,  books,  religion,  Author,  elections,  America,  TV,  education,  evolution,  elitism,  truthiness,  creationism,  Susan Jacoby 
Malcolm Gladwell
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05/01/2007
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38,690
Episode: #03058
Malcolm Gladwell explains that Colin Powell knew what would happen in Iraq because of his experience and Stephen claims knowledge is elitist. (6:21)
Tags: interview,  books,  George W. Bush,  Author,  education,  Saddam Hussein,  Colin Powell,  Malcolm Gladwell,  Knox College,  stand by our president 
National Library Week - Frank McCourt
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04/18/2007
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27,964
Episode: #03051
English teacher Frank McCourt stresses the importance of books, but if he were a shop teacher he would be stressing the importance of plywood. (0:48)
Tags: interview,  books,  Jimmy,  Author,  education,  Frank McCourt 
John Sexton
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12/06/2006
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7,439
Episode: #02153
NYU President John Sexton thinks Stephen is contributing to a disease. (6:28)
Tags: interview,  books,  Author,  America,  Expert,  education,  On Notice/Dead to Me,  John Sexton 
Frank McCourt
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01/18/2006
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2,205
Episode: #02007
Training German Shepherds in Germany prepared Frank McCourt to teach high school. (6:21)
Tags: interview,  books,  Author,  kids,  education,  dogs,  De-Edumacation of the American Brainscape,  Frank McCourt 
 
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