NRBQ has been called the world’s greatest bar band, but prefer to say they play “omni-pop,” and explain that’s why they’ve lasted for over 35 years.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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The asexual movement calls into question everything you thought you knew about love and romance. We talk with David Jay, founder of AVEN, the Asexuality Visibility and Education Network.
Nalini Nadkarni has been called “the queen of canopy research,” in part because of her personal philosophy to bring together two groups - the trees and the general public. She does this by collaborating with dancers, rappers, artists, and prisoners, just to name only a few. She created the Big Canopy Database to help researchers around the world to store the rich trove of data she and others are uncovering.
Edward Larson tells Steve Paulson what makes the Islands unique, and why they inspired Charles Darwin to write “The Origin of Species."
Is there anything science won't tackle? The lastest question, "What is beauty?" We talk with two neuroscientists and an art historian about the new field of neuroaesthetics.
Charles Matthewes tells Steve Paulson that while some acts deserve to be condemned, we should be careful not to exclude the perpetrators from the human race.
Davy Rothbart is the founder and editor of “Found” Magazine. He reads some samples of the notes and lists he’s found and talks about them with Jim Fleming
Flash mobs: seemingly random gatherings of complete strangers doing something completely out of the ordinary. Bill Wasik started this craze.
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