Ellen Prager wants you to care about the oceans. She’s a writer and former chief scientist of the Aquarius Reef Base, the world’s only undersea research station. Her latest book is called “Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime." She says we ignore the oceans at our own peril.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi followed Youssou N'Dour and his band after the album came out and produced a documentary called "I Bring What I Love."
Ed Ferrara used to be a senior storyline writer for World Wrestling Federation (WWF) now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE.
With “Hallucinations,” Oliver Sacks has written one of his most personal books. In this NEW and EXTENDED interview, Sacks talks about his personal history with hallucinogens back in the 60s, as well as ecstatic experiences induced by temporal lobe epilepsy, and also how a mysterious voice in his head once saved Sacks’ life.
Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming that it’s OK to eat chocolate and has the data to prove it.
Frank Knight talks with Anne Strainchamps about the ancient smells his company creates for natural history museums. He’s especially proud of the T-Rex stink.
The Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, has won a landslide election in India, sparking fears of new sectarianism. Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy is one of the BJP’s most prominent critics. In this EXTENDED interview, Roy tells Steve Paulson why she stopped writing fiction to focus on political activism. She begins with a reading from her Booker Prize-winning novel “The God of Small Things.”
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