Steve Paulson prepared this report on the life of Edward Abbey, who's book changed the way people thought about the earth.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sean Carroll tells Steve Paulson about new discoveries in evolutionary history, including the existence and purpose of fossil genes.
Producer Charles Monroe-Kane interviewed artist and barber Faisal Abdu'Allah in Madison, WI, at the Atwood Family Barber Shop.
Laura Van Den Berg has the kind of literary success writers dream of. Her debut novel comes out later this month, and already it's become one of the most anticipated books of the year. But for Laura, writing hasn't always been easy.
Sara Lorimer tells Jim Fleming about the Chinese woman who ran an empire of six fleets and eighty thousand pirates, and the Irish pirate who gave birth during a battle.
Susan Braudy is the author of “Family Circle: The Boudins and the Aristocracy of the Left.” The book tells the story of Kathy Boudin, daughter of famous lefty lawyer Leonard Boudin.
Simon Wilde is one of the scientists who found a tiny, four billion year old zircon in Australia. He brought it to his colleague Joe Skullan at the University of Wisconsin and they established that it’s the oldest object on earth...
Robert Zubrin believes we can and should colonize Mars. He does his best to persuade Jim Fleming to start packing his bags.
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