Leslie Jamison bookmarks "Orphans" by Charles D'Ambrosio.
David Sterritt tells Steve Paulson about beatnik filmmaker Bruce Conner, the father of the music video and creator of a style of video montage that prefigures today's upcycling movement.
Ayelet Waldman talks with Jim Fleming about maternal ambivalence and loving children when you don't like them.
Brother Guy Consolmagno, author of “Brother Astronomer: Adventures of a Vatican Scientist,” talks wit Jim Fleming about the historic rift between science and religion.
Steve Paulson always dreamed of seeing ancient cave art. He finally got his wish - and tells the story of visiting two French caves with anthropologist Christine Desdemaines-Hugon.
Daniel Matt tells Steve Paulson that the Big Bang Theory is science's creation myth...
A final reflection on time from 92 year old writer and former book editor Diana Athill.
Clyde Roper tells Jim Fleming what giant squid look like and what else biologists are learning about the deep ocean while the hunt for giant squid goes on.