Nathaniel Philbrick tells Jim Fleming that the myth of the first Thanksgiving is great for children, but the truth about Plymouth Plantation is a lot darker and more complicated.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ernest Callenbach’s “Ecotopia” was the bible of a certain kind of environmental activist, back in the 70’s. Producer Charles Monroe-Kane was one of them. He tells us what it was like to try to live the dream.
John Stilgoe tells Jim Fleming that people would discover all sorts of new things if they would walk or ride a bicycle and leave the car at home.
Paul Martin says that people don’t get enough sleep these days and that our culture is wrong to diminish the importance and the pleasure of sleep.
Tour guides get paid more than surgeons in Cuba. Why? Tips from foreigners, especially Americans. Rosa Ricardo describes her life as a tour guide.
British writer and playwright Michael Frayn talks with Steve Paulson about “Headlong." The book is about the painter Brueghel and the mania afflicting art collectors.
Writer Nigel Nicolson says Woolf invented the stream-of consciousness literary style, endured several bouts of madness, and died a suicide.
Many women are choosing not to have children because they know they are not good enough at nurturing. Madelyn Cain thinks this is an admirable, unselfish decision and one that more and more couples will make in the future.
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