What’s it like to grow up with a great naturalist? Well, it made quite an impression on the children of famed conservationist Aldo Leopold.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Cultural critic Cintra Wilson thinks American’s fascination with fame is a grotesque, crippling disease. She tears into it in her book “A Massive Swelling.”
Artist Neil Harbisson was born greyscale colorblind. He says he liked seeing only in shades of black and white, but he still wanted to experience color. So he developed an implant that would help him hear colors well beyond the normal human spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrareds.
In this extended conversation, Neil talks about the art he makes with his new sense, and about the challenges of living cyborg.
TTBOOK producer Charles Monroe-Kane reports on what he thought was a piece of youth media - MTV's hit comedy "The Andy Milonakis Show."
David Whyte tells Anne Strainchamps there’s always a way to find meaning at work.
If the mall-as-temple turns you off, you may be ready for Reverend Billy and the Church of Stop Shopping.
Jennifer Jacquet recommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
Children’s book author Avi talks with Anne Strainchamps about his Breakfast Serials project which publishes stories for children in newspapers.
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