Arika Okrent is a linguist and the author of "In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Logian Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dr. Catherine Lord tells Anne Strainchamps that there is a ten fold reported rise in the incidence of autism but no one knows what accounts for the dramatic rise.
Daphne Merkin responds to Hilary Clinton as a cultural symbol and public personality.
Human and animal history is so intertwined it's hard to imagine one species without the other.
Journalist Christopher Noxon explains what happened when he formed a personal posse of life coaches in Los Angeles.
Emily Rapp had her foot amputated when she was 4, and the rest of the leg at age 8.
Chris Bachelder is the author of "Bear v. Shark: The Novel." He reads excerpts and talks with Anne Strainchamps about the wacky future world he's created.
Dalton Conley grew up in the housing projects of New York's lower East Side. But he went to school in a wealthy white neighborhood.
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