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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David Thomson makes the case that "Psycho" was a ground-breaking film that forever changed American cinema and America itself.
The celebrated Irish novelist Colm Toibin talks about his admiration for the poet Elizabeth Bishop and the kinship he feels for her.
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.
Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
He sounded the alarm about global warming over 20 years ago. Now he has a model of how to survive on our changed planet.
In this UNCUT interview, Nobel laureate psychologist Daniel Kahneman talks with Steve Paulson about his latest book, Thinking, Fast and Slow.
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