Jill Lepore does a reality check on Tea Party claims to the founding fathers.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Poet Laure-Anne Bosselaar edited an anthology of verse called “Urban Nature.” She talks about it with Jim Fleming and reads some of her favorites.
Lynn Peril is the author of “Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons.” She tells Steve Paulson that an idealized feminine identity was marketed to women to get them to buy all sorts of things, from beauty products to toys.
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.
Michael Shermer explains why he and like-minded scientific people don’t think much of Mark Vicente's film, “What the Bleep Do We Know”.
Marcus Du Sautoy talks with Jim Fleming about prime numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis and why it’s such an important puzzle for mathematicians.
Paco Underhill tells Jim Fleming what malls do to get you to buy things.
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