Historian Jill Lepore talks about her restless search for the long-lost manuscript, "The Oral History of Our Time." It ran some nine million words and was supposedly the work of a madman named Joe Gould, who believed he was the 20th century's most brilliant historian.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Historian Erik Durschmied tells Steve Paulson about some of the significant battles throughout history that turned on a change in the weather.
Filmmaker Chai Vasarhelyi followed Youssou N'Dour and his band after the album came out and produced a documentary called "I Bring What I Love."
Dr. Mark Clanton talks with Jim Fleming about new directions in cancer research and the new targeted treatment drugs.
Copernicus changed the world with his revolutionary idea that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of our solar system. Dava Sobel tells us why this momentous discovery wasn't easy for Copernicus himself.
Bill Bryson talks with Jim Fleming about the personal stories of some of the people who made great scientific discoveries.
Christopher Woodward talks with Steve Paulson about the English mania for ruins and why they inspired the Romantic poets. Woodward’s book is “In Ruins.”
Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming that it’s OK to eat chocolate and has the data to prove it.
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