Chris Turner is the author of “Planet Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Journalist David Shenk says Alzheimer's an ancient illness afflicting some 5 million Americans, and that the number of cases is sure to rise dramatically as the Baby Boomers age.
Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
David Bainbridge tells Steve Paulson that as soon as a woman becomes pregnant, the baby begins to dominate her biology, causing significant changes in her immune system.
Don Lattin says the whole strange trip started when Leary swallowed some magic mushrooms in Mexico in 1960.
Most young men during the Vietnam era faced a choice, whether or not to be drafted into the US Armed Forces. For Jim Fleming, and his friends Robert Cardinaux and Mark Peterson, the chose to become Conscientious Objectors. They worked together in alternative service as psychiatric aides.
The mash-up is one form of remix culture.
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