Dave Barry went on the campaign trail with some of the lesser known presidential candidates and describes some of the humiliation they encounter.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
Daniel Alarcon is from Peru and the author of “Lost City Radio,” a fable about a nameless country broken in the aftermath of war and the woman who does a radio program for the families of the disappeared.
From one of Israel's leading novelists, a gorgeous and searing story about war and grief.
He sounded the alarm about global warming over 20 years ago. Now he has a model of how to survive on our changed planet.
A cancer patient took some psilocybin to help with the fear and panic about dying. A single dose created a life-changing experience in her final months.
Erik Larson talks about the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and what it meant for Chicago at the turn of the century, and talks about America’s first serial killer who was operating in Chicago at the same time.
Chuck Klosterman talks about "Through a Glass, Blindly," the essay about voyeurism in his book, "Eating the Dinosaur."
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