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
Hilla Medalia made a documentary for HBO called "To Die in Jerusalem." It's about a Palestinian suicide bomber and one of her victims.
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.
Charles Duhigg, a reporter for the New York Times, has been researching the scientific and social history of habits for his new book, The Power of Habit. In it, he discusses the unique ways that habits shape our lives, both neurologically and practically. He learned that habits are powerfully hardwired into your brain — and stored separately from your memories — making them rather easy to develop and very difficult to change.
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.
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