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John Hawks on Neanderthals & Us

A recent study of DNA from Neanderthal bones changed everything we thought we knew.

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Lynn Sharon Schwartz on "Not Now, Voyager"

Lynn Sharon Schwartz is a veteran traveler and novelist but has admitted to herself that at this stage in her life, she is over traveling.

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Marcus Du Sautoy on "The Music of the Primes"

Marcus Du Sautoy talks with Jim Fleming about prime numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis and why it’s such an important puzzle for mathematicians.

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Richard Wrangham on the Evolution of Cooking

Anthropologist Richard Wrangham tells Jim Fleming that he thinks cooking contributed to human evolution and is far older than most people think.

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Nathan Rabin on "The Big Rewind"

Nathan Rabin, head writer for "The Onion's" entertainment section, "A.V. Club.", explains the pivotal role popular culture has played throughout his life.

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Mark Leyner on "The Sugar Frosted Nutsack"

Mark Leyner talks to Jim Fleming about his mind-bending, synapse-shattering new novel, "The Sugar Frosted Nutsack."

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Robert Provine on the Science of Laughter

Neuro-scientist  Robert Provine, author of “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation,” tells Steve Paulson about a two year laughing jag in Tanzania.

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Peter Nichols on the Golden Globe Race of 1968

Peter Nichols tells Jim Fleming about the Golden Globe race of 1968, when a group of unprepared sailors in inadequate craft attempted to sail alone around the world. 

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