Tim Gallagher's hunting companion isn't his neighbor down the street, its a falcon named MacDuff. He tells us why he's fascinated by birds of prey.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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“The Other F Word" tells the stories of punks from the 80s and 90s, who are now dads. What's the other F word? “Father”, of course.
Tracy Daugherty talks about Donald Barthelme and his passion for jazz.
Before there was Wikileaks, before there was Wikipedia… Before there was Facebook and Twitter and blogs… there was a computer programmer named Ward Cunningham. He’s the guy who, back in 1995, invented the wiki.
Ryan Boudinot talks to Jim Fleming about his post-apocalyptic novel, "Blueprints of the Afterlife."
Neuro-biologist Steven Rose says that new research and new therapy techniques raise new ethical questions that we should address now.
Psychologist Barry Schwartz says we've gotten it all wrong when it comes to work. He says the conventional belief that workers are motivated by money is deeply flawed, and rooted in false theories that date back to Adam Smith.
Best-selling writer Elizabeth Gilbert brings an intrepid 19th century woman botanist to life in her latest novel, "The Signature of All Things." In this conversation, she introduces us to the wonder of moss, Darwin's correspondance with "lady scientists" and the 16th century mystic, Jacob Boehme.
How do you make music from plants? Here's a recent article about the artist Mileece.
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