Peter Hillary and Jamling Norgay are the sons of the first men to reach the summit of Mt. Everest. Both men are climbers and have made a documentary film called “Surviving Everest” for National Geographic which details their own expedition up the mountain.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Our intern, Nayantara Mukherji, grew up in Bombay India, and all summer long, she’s been telling us stories about the unusual interactions she’s had with her neighbors there. Like this one – the case of the disappearing cat.
Michael Shapiro, author of “The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together” tells Jim Fleming why baseball in Brooklyn was special.
Jill Lepore does a reality check on Tea Party claims to the founding fathers.
Joe Queenan is an American married to an Englishwoman, and the author of “Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile’s Pilgrimage to the Mother Country.”
Poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar edited an anthology of verse called “Urban Nature.” She talks about it with Jim Fleming and reads some of her favorites.
Kevin Young is a blues poet. His new collection is called “Jelly Roll: A Blues.” Young talks about what makes a blues poem and gives him a couple of examples.
Pnina Moed Kass is an American who's lived in Israel for over 35 years. She's written a novel about a suicide bombing and the people whose lived are affected by it.
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