Since Michael Brown was shot, there's a new round of calls for a national conversation about racism. Is that realistic? Are we ready for what we might hear? A couple of years ago, NPR's Michele Norris told us about how a family secret sparked difficult conversations.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
Pnina Moed Kass is an American who's lived in Israel for over 35 years. She's written a novel about a suicide bombing and the people whose lived are affected by it.
Mariana Gosnell tells Anne Strainchamps why ice floats, and stories about ice bergs.
Harvard anthropologist Richard Wrangham says the big question is WHEN did we become human? He tells Steve Paulson it's clearly when we started cooking.
Historian Michael Kammen tells Anne Strainchamps that the social distinctions between high-brow and low-brow culture are not as important as they once were.
Environmentalist Jennifer Jacquet qrecommends "Last Chance to See" by Douglas Adams and Mark Carwardine.
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