Doug Gordon profiles Cole’s notes, the Canadian inspiration for America’s CliffsNotes.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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When and how did American get so polarized? For answers, Jonathan Chait recommends reading "What Hath God Wrought," a history of American politics from 1815-1848 by the Pulitzer prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe.
Chris Turner is the author of “Planet Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation.”
Eric Kandel is one of the world's leading experts on memory. A Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist, he talks about recent discoveries about the science of memory.
Carl Safina tells Jim Fleming about the leatherback turtle, which has been around for a hundred million years.
We are part of an immensely creative universe. Cosmologist Brian Swimme and Religion scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explain.
Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
Nearly 600,000 people are homeless on any given night in America, and despite the obstacles, some do ultimately find their way out. Victor McDonald is one who did.
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