David Harvey doesn't focus on subprime loans or lending. Instead he looks at the internal contradictions of capitalism itself.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Some people believe there's a Mayan prophecy that the world will end on Dec. 21, 2012. What does the Mayan calendar really say? Mayanist David Stuart uncovers the real story.
A compilation of Anne Strainchamps talking with Bill Penzey of Penzeys Spices about vanilla, fennel seed, and nutmeg.
Dan Price, author of "Radical Simplicity: Creating an Authentic Life," tells Jim Fleming how his efforts to keep down-sizing his life led him to live and work in a hole in the ground.
Diana Reiss directs the Dolphin Research Program at the National Aquarium in Baltimore and is a professor in the Psychology Department at Hunter College. She writes about her findings on dolphin intelligence in the book “Dolphin in the Mirror.”
What’s it like to grow up with a great naturalist? Well, it made quite an impression on the children of famed conservationist Aldo Leopold.
Elaine Scarry's a defender of beauty. She says not only does beauty thrill and compel us, it also inspires us to make the world more just. Here's our extended interview with her.
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