Slime molds that solve mazes and parasitic dodder plants that seek out their prey are remarkable examples of nature's intelligence. Anthropologist Jeremy Narby offers lessons on how to see the entire world as our kin.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In constructing his history of non-violence, Mark Kurlansky looks at history with a revisionist's eye and tells Steve Paulson that WWII might not have been necessary.
Paul Hoffman is the author of “Wings of Madness: Alberto Santos-Dumont and the Invention of Flight.” Hoffman tells Jim Fleming that Santos-Dumont’s craft (which he tethered to a light-post outside Maxim’s while he had dinner) was a motorized hot air balloon.
Michael Cunningham won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Hours,” which re-imagined the life and death of Virginia Woolf. His new novel is called “Specimen Days” and involves Walt Whitman.
Nick Hitchon is one of the participants in Michael Apted's Seven Up series of documentaries that checks in on the lives of ordinary people every seven years.
Kim Evans talks about her essay, "Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter." The essay is from the book, "The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman."
What is normal? "Normal" is a social construct, not a medical one and society should learn to embrace diversity.
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