Artist Natasha Nicholson makes contemporary cabinets of curiosity, but not simply to gaze at – they are her world. Nicholson lives inside her own art, highly curated rooms in an old storefront in Madison, Wisconsin.
Her solo show that reproduces her ENTIRE studio space is at the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art.
Colson Whitehead talks to Steve Paulson about his take on the post-apocalyptic zombie novel, "Zone One."
Death is not a single moment; it’s can take hours – and some people live again after they die. So says resuscitation physician Sam Parnia. This UNCUT interview with him ranges from the new science of reversing death, to near death experiences, and the possibility of consciousness after death.
David Stockman. Stockman? Uhm, Stockman? Oh yeah, President Reagan’s budget director. One of the architects of supply-side economics. Well, he’s back in the limelight all these years later with his best-selling book “The Great Deformation”.
We hate mosquitoes.
But why? I mean, yes --- West Nile, dengue, malaria, Zika…not to mention ruined picnics, sleepless nights, and bites you scratch until they bleed … Those are logical reasons to dislike mosquitoes. But admit it – they also just creep you out.
Jeffrey Lockwood gets at the psychology in his book “The Infested Mind.” He’s an entomologist who once had a truly horrific encounter with a swarm of grasshoppers. He was left traumatized. Afterwards he wondered why we all fear and loathe insects so much.
Lockwood told Rehman Tungekar the answer is deep deep in our psyches.
Diana Butler Bass says we're now living in a post-religious age. What's surprising is how many people are abandoning organized religion, but not God.
Carel Van Schaik tells Steve Paulson that orangutans, those great red apes, use tools and pass learning down from one generation to the next.
Dave Edmunds is a guitarist, singer and producer. He doesn’t have a lot of name recognition outside the industry, but has worked with stars from kd lang to Paul McCartney.
