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Marita Golden on Colorism

Marita Golden tells Jim Fleming about the pernicious influence of “colorism” within the Black community.

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Leonard Mlodinow on "The Grand Design"

Steve Paulson talks with Stephen Hawking's co-author, Caltech physicist Leonard Mlodinow about how they wrote the book and what it really says, and doesn't say.

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Linda Lear on "Beatrix Potter"

Linda Lear tells Jim Fleming that the creator of Peter Rabbit could have been a scientist.

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Joyce Carol Oates on "Faithless"

Joyce Carol Oates talks with Jim Fleming about some of the stories in her book “Faithless: Tales of Transgression.”

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Michio Kaku on "Physics of the Impossible"

Michio Kaku and Jim Fleming have a grand time exploring levels of impossibility and why the impossible just takes longer.

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Robert Kaplan on the History of Zero

Robert Kaplan tells Jim Fleming that people had a lot of trouble accepting a mathematical symbol for the idea of nothing.

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Jeremy Spear on "Fastpitch"

Jeremy Spear made a documentary film called “Fastpitch” about the world of professional fastpitch softball.

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Neil Gaiman on "The Ocean at the End of the Lane"

Neil Gaiman creates mythic fictional worlds.  He tells Anne Strainchamps how our lives are shaped and scarred by childhood experiences.

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