Biologist Phil Dustan tells Steve Paulson about coral reefs: what they are, how they grow, why they’re all dying, and what we might do to save them.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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If there was an environmental Hall of Fame, Gus Speth would be a charter member. The former dean of the Yale School of Forestry, he's the founder of the World Resources Institute and cofounder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He says we need get past our fixation on economic growth if we want to curb global warming.
Maggie Nelson talks to Steve Paulson about her new book, "The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning."
British journalist Jay Griffiths talks with Jim Fleming about the ways different cultures around the world think about time. Her book is “A Sideways Look at Time.”
Robbie Fulks talks to Doug Gordon about his latest album, "Georgia Hard," and his former identity as a staff songwriter for a Nashville music publisher.
We're all familair with karaoke -- going out, having a few drinks and singing "Don't Stop Believing" at the top of our lungs. But are you familiar with "karaoke fascism"? Monique Skidmore explains.
Marina Chapman has the most remarkable story - kidnapped and abandoned in the South American jungle, living only with monkeys. Eventually, she's rescued and years later, moves to England, where she marries and raises a family. Marina and her daughter Vanessa James tell this story.
Jessica Helfand tells Jim Fleming that people constructed unique personal narratives out of whatever materials were at hand, long before there was a scrapbooking business to help them.
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