Doug Gordon reports on the TV phenomenon "Lost." He offers some explanations about why it's so popular and has some theories about the island.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Agriculture already shapes the globe. With food insecurity growing around the globe, the unpredictabilities of climate change and population growth booming... what will we eat in the future?
Jonathan Foley heads the Global Landscape Initiative at the University of Minnesota’s Institute on the Environment.
Historian David Blight tells Jim Fleming that popular memory of the Civil War all but obliterated the liberation of Black Americans.
Whether or not you're a person who cares about fashion, how and where our clothes are made has environment, social, and economic consequences. The global garment industry is a trillion dollar business, that employs millions of people. Elizabeth Cline is an advocate for so-called "slow fashion."
Edward Friedman tells Steve Paulson that the Chinese act as if they are already involved in a Cold War with the U.S.
What if Crack Babies were a myth?
To see the NYTimes video on Crack Babies click here.
Storyteller Carolyn McVickar Edwards has a lovely little collection called "In the Light on the Moon."
Princeton historian Anthony Grafton explains how learning conversational Latin inspired his students.
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