Paul Theroux lived and taught in Africa throughout much of the 1960s. He returned recently and describes the journey in his book “Dark Star Safari: Overland from Cairo to Cape Town.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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What did FDR understand about democracy that our current political leaders – on both sides of the aisle – have forgotten.
"See them before they're gone" is the Lanza family's motto. Michael Lanza describes his quest to take his two young kids -- ages 7 and 9 -- to as many wilderness locations as possible, to see glaciers and icebergs and coral reefs, before climate change destroys them.
The clay tablets found at the Greek palace of Knossos had one of the strangest languages ever discovered. Margalit Fox tells the story of Linear B - and the obsessed, tragic lives of the two people who devoted their lives to cracking the code.
China Miéville’s latest novel, “Embassytown”, in one of this year's nominees for the Nebula Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing. In this UNCUT interview, Miéville talks about the book and a whole lot more.
Matt Hern thinks public education should be available to everyone, but not compulsory.
Jonnie Hughes talks about about his book, "On the Origin of Tepees: The Evolution of Ideas (and Ourselves)."
Do do I look good in this dress? We all know the answer, right? It’s "you look great." Even if that’s not quite true.
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