Mary Pauline Lowry has been obsessed with fire since she was a child. And she's pursued this obsession throughout her life -- by working as a member of a hotshot crew fighting wildland fires and writing a novel called "Wildfire" based on her experience.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jon Ronson's Dangerous Idea -- Can Too Much Christmas Drive Kids to Kill?
Charles Monroe-Kane tells a story from his car-racing background.
Jazz musician Ben Sidran talks with Jim Fleming about the tremendous influence Jewish immigrant composers and songwriters had on American popular music.
Douglas Rushkoff is a well-known media critic and maker of documentaries.
David Kilcullen, an advisor to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and an architect of the Troop Surge in Iraq under General Petraeus, talks about the problem with traditional counter-insurgency efforts.
Music historian Henry Sapoznik tells the story of Blind Alfred Reed and one of the early American protest songs.
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