Bill Bryson talks with Jim Fleming about the personal stories of some of the people who made great scientific discoveries.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Daphne Sheldrick grew up on a farm in Kenya, raised orphaned animals and later became co-warden of Tsavo National Park. She describes the wonders of elephants.
Scientists believe that near-death experiences are real, but there is much debate why they occur and what they might mean. Here's a quick primer on some of the leading thinkers in the field.
Ellen Prager wants you to care about the oceans. She’s a writer and former chief scientist of the Aquarius Reef Base, the world’s only undersea research station. Her latest book is called “Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime." She says we ignore the oceans at our own peril.
The Hindu nationalist party, the BJP, has won a landslide election in India, sparking fears of new sectarianism. Celebrated author and activist Arundhati Roy is one of the BJP’s most prominent critics. In this EXTENDED interview, Roy tells Steve Paulson why she stopped writing fiction to focus on political activism. She begins with a reading from her Booker Prize-winning novel “The God of Small Things.”
David Gessner is a nature writer who's sick of nature and most nature writing.
With “Hallucinations,” Oliver Sacks has written one of his most personal books. In this NEW and EXTENDED interview, Sacks talks about his personal history with hallucinogens back in the 60s, as well as ecstatic experiences induced by temporal lobe epilepsy, and also how a mysterious voice in his head once saved Sacks’ life.
We hear geo-political expert Charles Emmerson talk with Steve Paulson about the future prospects for the Arctic.
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