Bryant Urstadt is a freelance writer from Connecticut. He wrote "Imagine There's No Oil: Scenes from the Liberal Apocalypse" for Harper's Magazine.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. In this extended interview, she tells Steve Paulson stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Betool Khedairi grew up in Iraq with an Iraqi father and a Scottish mother.
Etienne Van Heerdon tells Steve Paulson that many of his fellow writers are obsessed with his country’s history and that they could always say things in fiction that they could never get away with in journalism.
Filmmaker Werner Herzog bookmarks "The Peregrine" by J.A. Baker,
Celia Brooks Brown tells Anne Strainchamps vegetarian food is gaining in popularity because it is healthy and delicious.
Dallas Abbott tells Anne Strainchamps about the massive chevrons she believes are caused by mega-tsunamis which are in turn caused by asteroid impacts on the Earth.
Musician and philosopher David Rothenberg plays duets with birds all over the world. He’s searching for an answer to the question “Why Birds Sing.”
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