Betsy Israel tells Jim Fleming our society has always been suspicious of unmarried women and talks about examples from Louisa Mat Alcott to Ally McBeal.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Alastair Bonnett's Dangerous Idea? Let's change our cities to promote urban biodiversity.
Journalist Christopher Noxon explains what happened when he formed a personal posse of life coaches in Los Angeles.
"Independent People" by Halldór Laxness reviewed by author David Mitchell ("Cloud Atlas")
Nick Lowe has been making music for 40 years, as a solo artist and with such bands as Rockpile and Little Village. Many critics say he's doing his best work now, at the age of 58.
Elaine Pagels won the National Book Award for her book on the Gnostic Gospels. Now she’s back with “Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas.”
NPR's Eric Nuzum reveals his lifelong fear of ghosts in a haunting new memoir, “Giving Up The Ghost” – the story of his troubled teenage years, suicidal fantasies and conviction that he was being stalked by the ghost of a little girl. In this EXTENDED interview, he talks with Anne Strainchamps about depression, friendship, and what it means to be haunted.
More than 100 million people have Twitter accounts. Every moment, across the globe, they are posting thousands of short digital messages; that’s a lot of data.
Maybe it can help us keep an eye out for cultural change?
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