Margaret D. Jacobs studies early 20th century policies in both the U.S. and Australia, that removed indigenous children from their homes.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Timmins writes the music and lyrics that his sister Margo Timmins sings as part of The Cowboy Junkies.
Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
Journalist Mark Pendergrast tells Steve Paulson that coffee came from Ethiopia, functioned as a patriotic symbol during the early days of the American Republic, and prolonged the slave trade in places like Brazil.
What happens to your digital self when you die? Currently, Facebook lets users "memorialize" their pages, giving family members a virtual space to post rememberances. Religious studies professor Candi Cann believes new digital tools like these are changing the way we mourn, by letting anyone share their stories about someone who's died, and preserving social connections to departed loved ones.
This week, the Indian election is on our minds, so we turn to one of Indian's most celebrated writers, Arundhati Roy.
Janice VanCleave tells Jim Fleming some of the experiments from the "Weather" volume, including how to build a cloud, and why the sky looks blue.
Creationist Paul Nelson, a fellow at the Discovery Institute, makes the case for his point of view.
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