Marcus Chown is agog at the wonder of the universe and tells Anne Strainchamps that we haven't begun to understand the strangeness of it all.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Myhrvold talks about inventing and his six-volume, 2400-page, 52 pound cookbook called Modernist Cuisine.
Mark Lee was a war correspondent for the London Telegraph in East Africa. He barely made it back alive and has now written a novel called “Canal House.”
John Alderman tells Steve Paulson that once young people figured out how to share music on the Internet, the floodgates were opened.
The WPA built 650 thousand miles of highways and employed 8 and a half million people. We explore its legacy
Ralph Stanley is one of the founding fathers of bluegrass or old-time mountain music. He talks with Steve Paulson about his family, his music and his concern with death, and we hear lots of his music.
Depression can mean two things: a downturn in the economy and an illness of the psyche.
Janice Galloway has written a novel called “Clara.” It tells the life story of Clara Schumann, the gifted pianist who was the wife of composer Robert Schumann.
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