James McManus got his editor to pay for the Executive Physical at the Mayo Clinic. He tells Jim Fleming what it was like.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Candi Cann studies death and how people remember the dead. Her latest book is "Virtual Afterlives: Grieving the Dead in the Twenty-First Century." Here, she shares some resources on how to craft a digital legacy.
Jad and Robert. You probably know them by now. They're the hosts of the hit pubradio program, RadioLab. Steve talks with them about radio, science, and a whole lot more..
Hugh Masakela is a dreamer who longed for personal artistic expression and freedom for his people.
There was an unexpected consensus among the people in Madison, Wisconsin, when we asked them whether it's better to get or to give.
James Kakalios, author of "The Physics of Superheroes", talks to Jim Fleming about Superman and science fiction.
If you really want to get a feel for Isaac Newton - perhaps history's greatest scientist - the best way is to see his original manuscripts at Cambridge University Library. But they're so valuable, it's hard to get permission to look at them. They did let Steve Paulson in, but only in the company of 4 archivists, plus Newton historian Sarah Dry.
Kurt Schwitters was a celebrated modern artist in Europe in the twenties and thirties but his career was cut short by the Nazis. Now, his tales have been translated and edited by Jack Zipes.
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