Kim Isaac Eisler talks with Jim Fleming about Indian casinos, admitting to the same ambivalence society feels. Casinos are fun, but they’re making too much money off their patrons.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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The WPA built 650 thousand miles of highways and employed 8 and a half million people. We explore its legacy
Urban sprawl is a staggering problem in China as a result of the on-going Chinese industrial revolution.
Jim Elledge is the co-editor (with Susan Swartwout) of “Real Things,” an anthology of poetry that references popular culture.
Depression can mean two things: a downturn in the economy and an illness of the psyche.
Matthew Carter designed Verdana, the internet font; Helvetica, the most ubiquitous font family in the world; and Bell Centennial, the phone book font.
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
Wisconsin Public Radio producer Leo Duran reports on the science of movie and television science fiction.
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