Michael Shermer tells Jim Fleming that skepticism means being open to new ideas but not assuming anything is true.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Vladimir Nabokov is not only a great literary figure. He was a world-class lepidopterist who named ten new species. Pyle tells Judith Strasser about Nabokov’s work with butterflies.
John Berendt tells Anne Strainchamps that Venice still feels like a stage set, and that Venetians still carry on in dramatic, even operatic ways.
Paul Greenberg tells Jim Fleming that Russians get under the skin of Americans, who often make promises they can’t fulfill to the Russians’ expectations.
Laurie Notaro tells Jim Fleming about her Mom’s toxic Christmas trees, and what it took to make her take her own tree down.
"The Alphabet of Manliness" is politically incorrect, testosterone-laden and deliberately outrageous – an example of "fratire.
Margaret MacMillan explains the historical context of the Nixon trip to China and how it changed the course of history.
.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.
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