Mitch Cantor is the founder of Gadfly Records, and dedicated to spreading the word about obscure, unique and offbeat projects. Cantor tells Steve Paulson about some of the artists he records.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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There's a big debate among ecologists right now over whether we can have hope in the face of climate change. Science writer Emma Marris says we need it. And it’s not just newspaper headlines and environmental campaigns that need to change, we need to rethink “nature.”
Authors Pico Iyer and Jonathan Lethem talk with Steve Paulson about the enduring legacy of noir-writer Raymond Chandler.
Peter Cordani is CEO of Dyn-O-Mat. He invents things. Like Dyn-O-Storm - a polymer gel that can be sprayed on clouds to make them go away.
Jeannette Walls is a famous gossip columnist in New York on MSNBC, but she's the child of hippies who lived a nomadic life in cars and abandoned buildings always one step ahead of their creditors.
John Polkinghorne is a former physicist at Cambridge University who now devotes himself to reconciling science and religion.
Nicholas Shakespeare tells Steve Paulson that Chatwin was a man of mystery and paradox who was willing to toy with the strictly factual to preserve an emotional truth. We also hear travel writer Paul Theroux comment on Chatwin, a long-time friend.
Kevin Jennings grew up gay in the South as the son of a fundamentalist preacher. He later founded GLSEN, advocacy group for gay and lesbian students.
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