Michael offers up All the "Ithaca" News That Isn't
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A.J. Jacobs tried to live Biblically for a year. He tells Jim Fleming he started by growing a beard, buying a stack of Bibles and before he knew it, he was confronting adulterers in the Park.
Andrew Carroll talks with Anne Strainchamps about what letters from various wars have in common, and reads excerpts from Civil War and WWII letters.
Sheherezade – the world’s first feminist. Lebanese writer Hanan Al-Shaykh has re-told some of her stories in a new collection.
What would happen to our planet if all the human beings simply disappeared with all our junk? Basically, nature would waste no time taking over.
Anthony Browne, one of England’s most admired children’s book authors, talks with Steve Paulson about several of his books.
Quick lesson in plants: Don't eat it unless you're sure you know what it is.
Jonathan Lethem talks about his new novel, "Dissident Gardens."
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