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Week of July 18, 2010

Segment 1: This is Your Brain on the Internet

Is the Internet making us stupid? Author Nicholas Carr, The Shallows: What the Internet Is Doing to Our Brains asks that question. He investigates the brain's plasticity and how we may be losing our ability to think deeply. He looks at how being constantly bombarded with information impacts our memory and our ability to learn.

Segment 2: Not Your 1980's Pornography

If you think today's pornography looks like Playboy, think again. Competition on the Internet has made the industry go harder core. It's violent and dehumanizing. The Internet has allowed porn to become much more accessible and is available to boys at an increasingly younger age. Author Gail Dines, Pornland: How Porn Has Hijacked our Sexuality says that porn is becoming more mainstream than ever and having a shocking impact on our boys and men.

"The more men use pornography, the more they’re going to be desensitized, the more they’re going to be bored. The more that sets in, the harder the pornography needs to be in order to keep them aroused. So what you’ve got here is a kind of runaway train."

- Gail Dines

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Week of July 11, 2010

Segment 1: A Scot Harvath Thriller

Nationally bestselling author Brad Thor, Foreign Influence: A Thriller is back with his ninth thriller. Former Navy SEAL Scot Harvath chases Islamic terrorists in America and abroad. His mission: Find, Fix and Finish the terrorist cells before they can carry out their deadly plans.

"I think we make it too difficult for our brave men and women, particularly the CIA and other covert organizations … we make it too hard for them to do their jobs, there’s too much bureaucracy."

- Brad Thor

Segment 2: The Fiddler in the Subway

Journalist and humor columnist Gene Weingarten, The Fiddler in the Subway: The Story of the World-Class Violinist Who Played for Handouts. . . And Other Virtuoso Performances by America's Foremost Feature Writer is the only person to receive two Pulitzers for feature writing. He's compiled twenty of his best features including what happened when violinist Joshua Bell played for spare change at a DC metro stop.

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The Mysteries of Egypt - Then and Now

How the Great Pyramid was built is one of history's most enduring mysteries. But that puzzle may now be solved. Egyptologist Bob Brier, The Secret of the Great Pyramid: How One Man's Obsession Led to the Solution of Ancient Egypt's Greatest Mystery describes how this question obsessed French Architect Jean Pierre Houdin - And how he discovered the solution. Then ...

"As an architect, he said, what made sense was that the pyramid was built from the inside out. … The ramp is inside the pyramid. It’s still there, hidden, after 45 centuries, waiting to be discovered."

- Bob Brier

Egyptian author Alaa Al Aswany, became an international sensation with the publication of his novel, The Yacoubian Building. His latest , Chicago: A Novel is set in the Windy City and shows the complex lives of Egyptian students and expatriates living in America. He discusses modern Egypt's struggle for modernity, tolerance and democracy.