Karen Joy Fowler bookmarks "Dazzle of Day" by Molly Gloss.
Ben Kilham raises orphan bear cubs and then releases them into the wild. Steve Paulson visits Kilham at his home in New Hampshire.
Brian Turtle tells Steve Paulson how he came up with the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon" and plays a few rounds with Steve.
The future of farming may be up in the air -- literally. Microbiologist Dickson Despommier's concept of skyscraper farming has excited scientists, architects and politicians. Could multi-story farms solve the global hunger problem?
Erik Davis, a fifth generation Californian, tells Jim Fleming that geographically and culturally, his state supports diversity and exploration.
Richard Yates’ debut novel was “Revolutionary Road,” which Kurt Vonnegut hailed as “The Great Gatsby” of its time...
Dr. Bill Bass is a forensic anthropologist and founder of The Body Farm at the University of Tennessee. It’s the one place in the world devoted to the study of human decomposition.
David Leavitt is the author of a novel called "The Indian Clerk" which tells the story of Srinivasa Ramanujan, the uneducated Indian who amazed Cambridge University with his mathematical discoveries.