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Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers
James Levine: "I Came Alive as a Person"
Season 2014
Episode 33
James Levine is a medical doctor and obesity researcher at the Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University. He is also the inventor of the treadmill desk. While he's standing up (whether at his treadmill desk or not), James is also a slam poetry champion and the author of two novels, "The Blue Notebook" and "Bingo's Run."
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