David Gessner wants to change the way people write about nature. Instead of the traditional stories about wild animals in pristine landscapes, he calls for a style of nature writing that's messy, even raucous.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Frank Kermode tells Steve Paulson that Shakespeare revolutionized the English language and worked within a culture that got most of its information from listening.
If human beings are part neanderthal, Brian Fagan tells Jim Fleming the rest of us is something else - Cro-Magnon.
Dan Lamoureux is a self-described dork who produced and directed the documentary film "Nerdcore for Life."
Aubrey Ralph explains his enthusiasm for the Society for Creative Anachronism, or SCA.
Carl Honore speaks about the cultural revolution that is the "philosophy of slow."
Daniel Dennett is one of the leading advocates of evolutionary theory and a fierce critic of creationism.
Doug Gordon reports on Gus Van Sant’s efforts to re-make the classic 1960 Alfred Hitchcock film, “Psycho.”
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