Mark Jacobson and his wife took their three children on a 90-day trip around the world. They've written a book called "12,000 Miles in the Nick of Time: A Semi-Dysfunctional Family Circumnavigates the Globe."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mike Tidwell is a freelance journalist who thinks he’s found the biggest environmental catastrophe in America. In this pre-Katrina interview, Tidwell talks about the time he spent with shrimpers in the bayou country and what they taught him about the devastating price we’re paying for the way we control floods on the Mississippi River.
Mamek Khadem's soundtrack for an art installation commemorating the anniversary of the Iranian Revolution.
Jason Hartley talks about his book, "The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?"
Alan Turing was only 41 when he committed suicide. Filmmaker Patrick Sammon's film, Codebreaker, tells the story of Turing's brilliant life and of his persecution by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual. When he spoke to Anne Strainchamps a few years ago, he said Turing was a victim of the prejudice and paranoia of the time.
Philippe Petit is the author of “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers.”
Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and director of the University of Virginia's project on children's memories of previous lives.
Elizabeth Hellmuth Margulis talks about "On Repeat: How Music Plays the Mind."
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