Dave Barry went on the campaign trail with some of the lesser known presidential candidates and describes some of the humiliation they encounter.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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NRBQ has been called the world’s greatest bar band, but prefer to say they play “omni-pop,” and explain that’s why they’ve lasted for over 35 years.
From one of Israel's leading novelists, a gorgeous and searing story about war and grief.
Edward Larson tells Steve Paulson what makes the Islands unique, and why they inspired Charles Darwin to write “The Origin of Species."
A few weeks after Dan's funeral, his wife Judy talks about how she's dealing with his absence, and how she wants to remember him.
Nalini Nadkarni has been called “the queen of canopy research,” in part because of her personal philosophy to bring together two groups - the trees and the general public. She does this by collaborating with dancers, rappers, artists, and prisoners, just to name only a few. She created the Big Canopy Database to help researchers around the world to store the rich trove of data she and others are uncovering.
"New Yorker" staff writer and book critic James Wood recommends Theodor Fontane's 1894 novel, "Effi Briest."
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