Nicholas Ostler talks to Jim Fleming about how languages spread and the similarities and differences between Chinese and English.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Karl Taro Greenfeld tells Jim Fleming he's never had a conversation with his brother.
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.
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.
Richard Reynolds tells Anne Strainchamps about his adventures as a guerrilla gardener, that is, someone who tends someone else's land for harvest.
The past is a fascinating place to visit, especially when you consider how little it would take to make it an entirely different place.
Penelope Fitzgerald is considered one of the great British novelists of the last half-century. Remarkably, she didn't begin writing until she was nearly 60 - and that's partly what attracted biographer Hermione Lee.
Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.
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