Mark Kurlansky talks with Jim Fleming about the long and dramatic history of salt.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Charles Yu on quantum parenting, time travel and other science fictional paradoxes. Yu is the author of the acclaimed novel "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe."
Near-death researcher Dr. Raymond Moody looks back on his career investigating near-death experiences.
English journalist Jason Elliot tells Steve Paulson that Afghans are proud and pious people who still suffer from the aftermath of a decade of war.
Lauren Weedman was adopted. When she got curious about her birth parents, her adoptive mother organized a conspiracy to track them down.
Michael Gates Gill told us in his first book how Starbucks saved his life. He's back with "How to Save Your Own Life" – a series of life lessons.
Historian Orville Vernon Burton tells Jim Fleming about the parallels between Abraham Lincoln and Barack Obama.
Jennifer Egan tells Steve Paulson all about her polyphonic narrative "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
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