David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Reporter Beverly Donofrio tells Anne Strainchamps about her fascination with the Virgin Mary, and her incredible experiences at a site where Mary is said to appear. Her book is “Looking for Mary.
In all this talk about the future, we should probably remember that the past repeats itself.
That’s one themes that runs through “Children of the Days,” the latest book from the lauded Latin American author, Eduardo Galeano.
You can also listen to the extended version of Steve's conversation with him.
Research and experiments on time travel being done by some of the world's leading theoretical physicists and David Toomey is here to tell us about it.
Eric Kandel is one of the world's leading experts on memory. A Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist, he talks about recent discoveries about the science of memory.
Ralph Nader's Dangerous Idea? Drafting the children and grandchildren of elected representatives.
Carl Safina tells Jim Fleming about the leatherback turtle, which has been around for a hundred million years.
Nearly 600,000 people are homeless on any given night in America, and despite the obstacles, some do ultimately find their way out. Victor McDonald is one who did.
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