Writer Stephen Kuusisto is blind and he says that among the many advantages —he gets eavesdrop on the rest of us, because most of the time, we don’t even notice he’s listening.
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Why do we have such an appetite for adventure? And why do many artists seem to spend so much time on the road? Those questions inspired philosopher Alain de Botton's book called "The Art of Travel."
Yann Martel's novel "Life of Pi" is an adventure story and also a meditation on religious faith. He says a good religion is like a good story.
Scott Weidensaul talks with Jim Fleming about several animals that have turned up after their species was thought to be extinct.
Stephen Greenblatt tells Steve Paulson he thinks Shakespeare’s father was a drunk, leaving Will with complex feelings about alcohol.
In collaboration with David Lynch, Mark Frost co-created one of the most enduring fictional universes of all time — Twin Peaks. Now Frost has written an innovative novel that takes a deep dive into the history of the surreal logging town.
Simon Montefiore is the author of “Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar.” He says Stalin was more complex than we thought, but still a monster.
Ron Mallett is a theoretical physicist at the University of Connecticut who wrote a memoir about his personal quest to travel back in time.
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