The work of Nicholas Christakis, physician, scientist and sociologist at Harvard has been cited in over two thousand media outlets in the past two years. He is shining new light on how social networks drive and shape every aspect of ours lives. He offers us a whole new understanding of these social networks and show how they influence our ideas, emotions, health, relationships, behavior, politics and more. In his new book Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives
he explains why emotions are contagious, and how such networked behavior spreads. Time magazine named Nicholas Christaks one of the "100 Most Influential People" in 2009.My conversation with Dr. Nicholas Christakis:
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Chopra walks us through a discussion of how energy affects spiritual and physical health and also explains how the expression of genes can be altered by lifestyle changes. 
gives us a full spectrum view of Rand's philosophy and life.
helps to explain it all.
examines their origins. Egan chronicles the story of the devastating forest fire that made Teddy Roosevelt's vision of conservation real in the American mind and that cemented his legacy as the President who saved our wild places. 
argues that while supply-side was good for the economy in the 1980's, it has no place in shaping current economic policy. A Reagan policy official, a staffer for Jack Kemp in the 70's, he thinks the George W. Bush's tax cuts were "nuts" and that we need a return to Keynesian principals. 
gives us a very human and personal study of what happened when this culture collapsed and the personal psychological wreckage it left behind.
refers to it as the oxygen of the global economy. And yet for years we have refused to talk about it honestly. 
journalist and water expert James Workman travels to the direst place on earth to see how, against all odds and under brutal government repression, an indigenous people draws on ancient wisdom to survive on extreme scarcity of water, and what we not only might learn, but must learn.
takes us beyond the folklore of child rearing into the realm of modern science. He reveals what decades of studies teach us and gives an intriguing analysis of conventional wisdom. You will never approach your kids the same way again.
they show how facing up to and helping to solve these issues for woman have the ability to transform the world. Addressing both the moral dimensions and issues of international security and stability, Kristof and WuDunn show how these brave woman might be giving us a road map to remake the world anew. 
uses Darwin's work as a jumping off point to explain that human emotions, from spontaneous bursts of laughter to a sympathetic blush, are not only signs of evolution, but also the keys to understanding our ability to be happy and bring out the good in other. 
, Richard Dawkins ameliorates those who would question evolution, and those who would argue the nonsense of intelligent design. Written with Dawkins usual wit and passion, his work is both hard hitting and totally convincing.
gives us two remarkable men whose public lives defined our 20th century foreign policy. It's a lesson we need now!
Michael Moore misses the point. The problems of capitalism are not its moral failings, but its virtues. The desire to win, the view of the world as a zero sum game lies, White believes, at the heart of our economic and environmental problems. He explains all of this in his newest work 
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lays out the 1400 year story behind this violence and explains why events that took place 14 centuries ago, are relevant to actions on the ground today!