Chandler Burr's new book explains Luca Turin’s theory of how we smell and recounts his amazing ability to recognize the odor of particular molecules.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ellen Ruppel Shell talks with Anne Strainchamps about the effects of our obsession with low prices.
Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
What does it mean to be free? And what does it mean to live a personally authentic, honest life with ourselves and with others? These are the questions that Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir and their existential friends wrestled with in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Sarah Bakewell makes the case that their late-night conversations are especially relevant today. She's the author of "At the Existentialist Cafe: Freedom, Being, and Apricot Cocktails."
He sounded the alarm about global warming over 20 years ago. Now he has a model of how to survive on our changed planet.
Chuck Klosterman talks about "Through a Glass, Blindly," the essay about voyeurism in his book, "Eating the Dinosaur."
Dana Lindaman tells Anne Strainchamps that Americans should remember that other countries have different views of America.
Sociologist Doug Maynard talks with Anne Strainchamps about the different styles of sharing bad news and how sometimes the speaker’s style can undermine the content of the message.
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