Howard Lenhoff tells Jim Fleming how he first knew his daughter had a problem and what he’s learned about Williams Syndrome. And he brags a little about some of Gloria’s outstanding achievements.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Miller has written a fascinating book called “Examined Lives," a collection of short biographies of philosophers from Socrates to Nietzsche...
Booker Prize winner Ian McEwan's novels include “Atonement,” “Amsterdam” and “Enduring Love.” McEwan describes and reads from several of his books.
Isabel Allende talks with Anne Strainchamps about "The Sum of Our Days." It's Allende's fourth memoir, and takes the form of a letter to her deceased daughter, Paula.
Could we actually clone a mammoth? Yes and no, says biologist Beth Shapiro--a pioneer in the new science of de-extinction. She takes us behind the scenes to examine the science and ethics of resurrecting extinct species.
Maybe the Earth itself is alive. That’s the remarkable idea behind the Gaia hypothesis.
Australian filmmaker and prankster John Safran talks about his trip to Mississippi to investigate the murder of a white national named Richard Barrett by a young black man named Vincent McGee.
Jack Turner tells Jim Fleming that spices seemed magical in the middle ages and it was only in the 17th & 18th centuries that people began to accept them as food.
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