Craig Harline tells Anne Strainchamps how Sunday has evolved over the past several centuries.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Bennett Alan Weinberg talks with Anne Strainchamps about how little we actually know about the vegetable alkaloid we know as caffeine.
Comic novelist David Lodge takes on the old battle between science and the humanities in his latest book, “Thinks.”
Why do certain foods fall out of favor? Aaron Bobrow-Strain tracked the rise and fall of white bread for a book on the subject. He believes our anxieties about food often reflect larger social questions.
Cheryl Jarvis talks about “The Marriage Sabbatical”: it’s a time one spouse can pursue an individual dream, while maintaining a commitment to the marriage.
Daniel Tammet may be the most remarkable mind on the planet.
BookMark: Vikram Chandra reviews “The King Must Die” by Mary Renault.
David Edmonds talks with Steve Paulson about an incident in the life of philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and explains why Wittgenstein’s views have been supplanted.
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