Michael offers up All the "Ithaca" News That Isn't
Andrew Carroll talks with Anne Strainchamps about what letters from various wars have in common, and reads excerpts from Civil War and WWII letters.
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.
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.
Anne Strainchamps and Caryl Owen visit the Circle Sanctuary in Barneveld, Wisconsin, while Margot Adler reports from Scotland.
Adam Sisman and Beryl Bainbridge talk with Steve Paulson about Boswell and Johnson and Boswell’s immortal biography of the brilliant 18th century man of letters.
Alfred McCoy explains to Jim Fleming how the CIA made deals with warlords in Asia to help drive the Soviets out of Afghanistan during the Cold War.
Margaret Atwood talks about her new novel, "MaddAddam."
You can also listen to their UNCUT conversation.