Nicholas Shakespeare tells Steve Paulson that Chatwin was a man of mystery and paradox who was willing to toy with the strictly factual to preserve an emotional truth. We also hear travel writer Paul Theroux comment on Chatwin, a long-time friend.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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The way we think about happiness today is a thin, watery version of a deep and complex subject.
Joel Hirschorn thinks urban sprawl is a terrible idea and tells Steve Paulson all the reasons why.
This is a poem by Susan Avishai about a single elderly woman who lived next door for more than 25 years.She wrote it just a few months before her neighbor passed away.
Oliver Sacks talks with Jim Fleming about the awesome power of music to enrich lives of patients with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders.
The East Village Opera Company gives the traditional operatic repertory an extreme musical make-over, re-imagining arias as popular songs.
Welcome to the 21st Centrury and the Biopunk Movement where biohacking and kitchen table biotech are the norm.
Michael Shermer tells Jim Fleming that skepticism means being open to new ideas but not assuming anything is true.
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