Doug Peacock is a legend in wilderness circles. A friend of Edward Abbey, Peacock was a Vietnam vet so traumatized by the war that he escaped into the wilderness once he returned to America. He says grizzlies saved his life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ben Folds is fascinated with the human voice, especially in the genre of A Cappella music.
Alain de Botton's latest project Is art as therapy. Feeling lonely? Stand in front of the Mona Lisa. Anxious about work? Caspar David Friedrich’s “Rocky Reef on the Seashore” will put everything in perspective. Anne talks with de Botton about his new book, free app, and… upcoming museum shows.
A young man named Black Nature is one of the Sierra Leone Refugee All-Stars. He tells how the group formed while fleeing from the brutality and bloodshed of their country's civil war.
Brother Satyananda and Deborah Willoughby tell Jim Fleming that yoga is much more than an exercise program. It’s meant to be a union of body and mind.
David Denby of The New Yorker tells Steve Paulson that Pauline Kael was the most remarkable person he’s ever known.
Do nations need states? Do ethnic, religious, and/or linguistic groups of people – do they, in this age of globalization, do they need to form a country with borders and an army and all that comes along with that? Do they need to be a state?
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