Historian Guy Beiner is interested in how folk memory of events differs from the historical record.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Physicist Geoffrey West is trying to uncover the fundamental, physical principles that shape cities. In this UNCUT interview with Steve Paulson, he talks about how cities are - and are not - like organisms.
Graeme Gibson talks with Jim Fleming about his collection of bird literature and lore called "The Bedside Book of Birds."
Hayley (Morgan) DiMarco developed “Extreme for Jesus” for a small publisher of Bibles. There are now more than 30 books for teens and the brand does ten million dollars a year
Gersh Kuntzman tells Jim Fleming the Romans invented both the comb-over and painted-on hair and that toupees are much better than they used to be.
Hilla Medalia made a documentary for HBO called "To Die in Jerusalem." It's about a Palestinian suicide bomber and one of her victims.
Literary critic Geoff Dyer goes to Algeria on a Camus pilgrimage, looking for traces of the great writer and some insight into his own life.
Golan Levin tells Jim Fleming that one cell phone going off at a concert is an annoyance, but 200 of them can become part of a sophisticated musical composition.
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