Ecologist Mark Hunter talks with Jim Fleming about the destructive capacity of alien insects.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jane Juska was 67 when she placed a personal ad in the NY Review of Books looking for good sex with a man she liked.
Karl Taro Greenfeld tells Jim Fleming he's never had a conversation with his brother.
Joe Queenan is an American married to an Englishwoman, and the author of “Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile’s Pilgrimage to the Mother Country.”
Lev Grossman tells Anne Strainchmps about his experiences working at one of the great repositories of rare books.
Jill Lepore does a reality check on Tea Party claims to the founding fathers.
Ralph Stanley is one of the founding fathers of bluegrass or old-time mountain music. He talks with Steve Paulson about his family, his music and his concern with death, and we hear lots of his music.
Kevin Young is a blues poet. His new collection is called “Jelly Roll: A Blues.” Young talks about what makes a blues poem and gives him a couple of examples.
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