Historian Deborah Harkness has transmuted her expertise in early alchemy and Elizabethan magic into a pair of best-selling novels, A Discovery of Witches and Shadow of Night. We talk with her about the connections between magic and science.
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How did the Coca-Cola Company become such a powerhouse? Bart Elmore's the guy to ask. He's the author of an environmental history called "Citizen Coke: The Making of Coca-Cola Capitalism."
Elizabeth Gilbert's early mid-life crisis (including a messy divorce) brought her to India to follow in the footsteps of generations of spiritual seekers from the West.
Ryan DeCurtidor brings us this story of a couple breaking up during a mass exodus from Earth.
Ethan Watters is the author of “Urban Tribes.” Watters says that the TV show “Friends” is a good example of the kind of social group he’s talking about.
Danny Wallace decided to say “yes” to everything for a year. He tells Steve Paulson why, and what happened...
David George Gordon tells Jim Fleming cicadas outnumber human beings two hundred thousand to one, so we have to do something to even the odds. Why not eat them?
