Mariana Gosnell tells Anne Strainchamps why ice floats, and stories about ice bergs.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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How do young people in Burma use karaoke as a form of political protest?
Maurice Sendak talks about growing up as a Jewish child in WWII New York.
Lorrie Moore has a new collection of short stories. She tells Steve Paulson that life is filled with absurdity; ghost stories are great fodder for fiction; and North America now owns the short story.
Charles R. Cross talks about his book, "Here We Are Now: The Lasting Impact of Kurt Cobain."
Paleo-anthropologist John Hawks talks about how we continue to evolve--changes that can be seen in the bones of modern humans.
Peter T. Kilborn talks about the "new rootless professional class" that consists of mid-level managers and executives who move every few years (sometimes enormous distances, or to foreign countries) to advance their careers.
Len Fisher talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."
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