Richard Manning is the author of many books including “Food’s Frontier: The Next Green Revolution.” Among the scientists profiled in that book is Robert Goodman, a plant pathologist at the University of Wisconsin.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Patty Loveless talks with Anne Strainchamps about some of the music from her new album “On Your Way Home.”
Jonathan Cott describes what it was like to re-invent himself after E.C.T. (Electroconvulsive Therapy) treatments created a fifteen year gap in his memory.
Photographer Michael Nye made portraits of mentally ill and homeless people in San Antonio, where he lives, and also recorded their stories.
Jeff Ferrell quit his job as a tenured professor and moved back to Fort Worth for a year long experiment in living off the street.
Lauded novelist and shortstory writer Karen Russell has tackled a new genre, the novella. In this EXTENDED interview, she talks about "Sleep Donation."
Will we ever understand the true nature of dark matter and dark energy? In this UNCUT interview, Harvard cosmologist Lisa Randall considers these and other great mysteries in physics.
Judy Blunt was born on a cattle ranch in Montana. She talks with Anne Strainchamps about her attitude towards animals, and why she finally had to walk away from ranch life.
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