Why are people on the outside of the mainstream sometimes more successful than insiders? Guests include: psychologist and author David Anderegg talking about why we need to banish the nerd stereotype; Joi Ito, head of the MIT Media Lab, explaining the cutting edge developments happening there; historian Simon Schama on how throughout the centuries, Jews' outsider status might have helped them innovate. Plus, reporter Cristina Quinn looks at life on the inside, and the ways that people are getting creative in prisons.
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