A portrait of Kathputli, India's last remaining magician's colony.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Developmental psychologist Peter Gray says play helps children make sense of the world, and teaches them the social and emotional skills they'll need as a adults. He's the author of Free to Learn: Why Unleashing the Instinct to Play Will Make Our Children Happier, More Self-Reliant, and Better Studsents for Life.
We've got theme parks on the brain so we're revisiting Steve's conversation with Karen Russell re. her novel, "Swamplandia!," which is set in a gator wrestling theme park.
Patricia Person confesses she is a procrastinator in this audio essay.
Jason Pfaff wants to eat in every single Denny’s. He’s made it to a few hundred so far.
A recent study of DNA from Neanderthal bones changed everything we thought we knew.
Philip Nel talks about “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” It was the first Dr. Seuss film, made in 1952.
Journalist Peggy Orenstein tells Jim Fleming about the raw food movement. She explains why they think food should never be heated above 118 degrees.
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