Astrophysicist Lawrence Krauss tells Steve Paulson that the latest news in cosmology is that the universe is still expanding and at an accelerating rate.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Phil Toledano was worried about the future. So he decided to look it in the face. He took a DNA test and hired a special effects makeup artist to help him become different versions of his future self. Then he staged photos. They're the subject of a new book, MAYBE, and a new film.
Michael Mandelbaum talks with Jim Fleming about the similarities between sports and warfare and religion.
Physicist Janna Levin tells Steve Paulson why she wanted to write about mathematicians Alan Turing and Kurt Godel, and why her book is a novel.
Mimi Sheraton, a travel writer, went to the Polish town of Bialystock to find the origins of her favorite bread from childhood, the bialy. It’s a crusty onion roll invented by the Jews.
If you heard some of Jim's readings from lauded Latin American author Eduardo Galeano's "Children of the Day" and want to hear more, voilà!
Novelist Jennifer Egan talks with Jim Fleming about the middle eastern terrorist at the heart of her novel “Look at Me,” and how she reacted to the events of September 11th.
John Huss is the co-editor, with David Werther, of "Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth." In the book, 21 philosophers muse about the music of Johnny Cash.
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