Philip Ball tells Anne Strainchamps that artists had to be chemists for centuries and that often the paintings we see now look nothing like the originals.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Matthew Scully is a speech writer for President Bush and the author of “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering if Animals and the Call to Mercy.” Michael Pollan is a writer and the author of “The Botany of Desire.”
Henrietta Lacks was a poor, African American woman who died of cervical cancer at the age of 31...
You'll have to know the great expectations of Cornell students to be successful for this round of the Whad'Ya Know? Quiz!
Historian Michael Kammen tells Anne Strainchamps that the social distinctions between high-brow and low-brow culture are not as important as they once were.
Jim Gaffigan is an actor and standup comedian, who makes extensive use of his "inner voice."
Richard Hand describes several of the programs that made that period the Golden Age of radio.
Charles R. Cross talks about his book, "Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain."
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