Tony Horwitz sailed aboard a replica of Captain James Cook’s “Endeavor” and wrote “Blue Latitudes: Boldly Going Where Captain Cook has Gone Before.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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For more than a decade, writer Walkter Kirn was friends with a wealthy eccentric named Clark Rockefeller. One day, he discovered the awful truth - the man he knew as Clark Rockefeller was a dangerous imposter.
Sherwin Nuland tells Steve Paulson that Leonardo’s driving passion was anatomy and that his painting aimed to capture a particular moment in time.
As the reigning Women's Bantamweight Champion in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Ronda Rousey just might be the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. In this extended interview, she reflects on some pivotal fights throughout her career, and the people who helped her get to the top.
Kashmir, India was an earthly paradise until recently, combining great physical beauty with a tolerant lifestyle.
William Staples tells Steve Paulson about the latest in psychographics and biometrics and why civil libertarians are worried.
The protest at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has caught fire. Its camp is now larger than most small towns in North Dakota. The protest is not just about an oil pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois. It's about water. Journalist John Fleck, who's spent decades writing about water disputes in the West, tells Anne Strainchamps how the Standing Rock protest figures into this history.
Rather than making our stories better - or attempting to stop telling them altogether - Jonathan Harris is helping people combine their stories in a bid to unveil the "ecstatic truth" of human life. Anne Strainchamps asked Harris about his storytelling platform, Cowbird.
Listen to the UNCUT interview here.
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