Colm Toibin is the author of a novel called “The Master,” based on the life of Henry James.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chris Kilham tells Jim Fleming that it’s OK to eat chocolate and has the data to prove it.
Copernicus changed the world with his revolutionary idea that the sun, not the Earth, is the center of our solar system. Dava Sobel tells us why this momentous discovery wasn't easy for Copernicus himself.
As Dan Pierotti's health worsens, and the end of his life nears, Dan and his wife confront questions about quality of life and saying goodbye.
David Grinspoon is the author of “Lonely Planets: The Natural Philosophy of Alien Life.”
Daniel Goldmark talks with Jim Fleming about the use of music in animation.
Historian Jill Lepore talks about her restless search for the long-lost manuscript, "The Oral History of Our Time." It ran some nine million words and was supposedly the work of a madman named Joe Gould, who believed he was the 20th century's most brilliant historian.
A few maverick physicists in the 1970s revived interest in quantum physics by exploring some of the deepest philosophical questions about reality.
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