Rich Cohen tells Jim Fleming about his charismatic friend Drew, and their forays into a more complex and sophisticated world.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Linguist Mike Hammond talks about made-up language games with Jim Fleming. Going way beyond pig latin, we hear samples from “The Name Game,” as well as “ob” and “Geta.”
Winter. I am getting sick of this winter. It’s hard to get around. I’m never outside. I hate scraping and shoveling. . . And, I’m cold. And most likely you are cold too.
Peter Watson tells Steve Paulson that the history of ideas can be organized according to three really big ideas – the soul, Europe and the experiment.
Jasper Fforde talks with Steve Paulson about the adventures of his fictional character Thursday Next, a literary detective.
Jonathan Baillie is the lead scientist at the Zoological Society of London and directs its new EDGE of Existence Program.
Alfred Russel Wallace is the co-discoverer of the theory of evolution through natural selection, even if Charles Darwin gets all the ink.
Neil Gaiman is among the most celebrated writers of the fantastic. He's a transplant to the Midwest who discovered the House on the Rock in Spring Green, WI...
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