Christopher Stewart's “Jungleland”, a book about his adventure in Honduras seraching for La Cuidad Blanca.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Barbara Moss grew up dirt poor in rural Alabama with a grotesquely deformed face. In her memoir, she chronicles her quest to claim a little bit of beauty.
Colson Whitehead talks with Jim Fleming about and reads from “The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts,” his literary portrait of New York City.
Frank Drake says SETI gets lots of false alarms and they’re all caused by signals that originate on earth, and that the situation will only get worse. But he’s still optimistic.
Bill Malone is the country’s foremost historian of country music. His new book is called “Don’t Get above Your Raisin’.” He talks about why he loves old-time country music.
James Dawes interviewed a collection of convicted war criminals from the Second Sino-Japanese War. Today, they are "sweet old men" searching for forgiveness. Do they deserve it?
Dorothy Marcic tells Jim Fleming that you can trace the cultural status of women by analyzing the lyrics of 20th century popular songs.
Writer Asra Nomani traveled alone in India and Pakistan on what became a personal, spiritual journey.
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