Travel writer Tony Perrotet has spent his career traveling all over the globe, but he skipped the Mediterranean tour, choosing Tierra del Fuego or the Amazon over Rome. But the discovery of an ancient guide book launched him on his most exotic journey yet, in the footsteps of the Ancients.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Marcia Bartusiak tells Anne Strainchamps about the race to document the existence of gravity waves - Einstein’s last prediction.
Michael Reilly recorded an extraordinary CD called "Como Now: The Voices of Panola County, Mississippi."
Owen Flanagan is a philosopher of mind who spends his professional life tackling the so-called "hard problem" of consciousness.
Slime molds that solve mazes and parasitic dodder plants that seek out their prey are remarkable examples of nature's intelligence. Anthropologist Jeremy Narby offers lessons on how to see the entire world as our kin.
Jane Juska tells Anne Strainchamps why, at the age of 66, she took out an ad in the NY Review of Books looking for as many sexual partners as possible.
In constructing his history of non-violence, Mark Kurlansky looks at history with a revisionist's eye and tells Steve Paulson that WWII might not have been necessary.
Poet Molly Peacock's biography of the 18th century paper artist, Mary Delaney.
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