Leslie Marmon Silko writes and paints to help understanding of her native Laguna Pueblo tribe.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Robert Sullivan has driven across the United States some thirty times. He tells Jim Fleming how he does it, and what happened on the worst trip ever.
What will extraterrestrial life look like? Paul Davies thinks it might be stranger than you can imagine.
Micah Sifry tells Jim Fleming how the United States became largely a two party state, and what benefits a third party can provide.
A few weeks ago, we asked you to send us your stories of unforgettable neighbors. Here’s one from Wisconsin listener Donna Jaehrling.
Civil rights historian Philip Dray discusses how the presence of TV cameras at the trial of the men who murdered Emmett Till changed the way the country viewed lynching.
Sacks had a particular fascination with the ways our brains can play tricks on our vision. He also reveals his own lifelong struggle to recognize the faces of other people.
Marcus Du Sautoy talks with Jim Fleming about prime numbers and the Riemann Hypothesis and why it’s such an important puzzle for mathematicians.
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