James Mills looks into why so few African-Americans visit the national Parks today.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason wrote a book about four brainy Princeton students and a 15th century manuscript written in code and it’s a runaway hit.
Jamaica Kincaid tells Steve Paulson that slavery and colonialism helped create a tradition of irresponsibility in men like her father and stepfather.
Buddhist Chaplain Steve Spiro shares some resources for preparing to die consciously, and to help others do the same. It includes the Advance Directive for Conscious Dying and a guided meditation on death.
Isabel Allende talks about what happened on September 11, 1973, when a military coup in Chile overthrew her uncle, Salvador Allende.
If the sea has a voice, how can we learn to hear it? James MacManus chews on that question in his first novel, “The Language of the Sea.”
What makes something funny? Deep in the Colorado mountains, researcher Peter McGraw run the Humor Research Lab (HuRL, for short).
He thought he'd found the formula for funny. Then he circled the globe to test his theory. Here's what he found...
Novelist Jacqueline Mitchard was one of the judges for the 2002 National Book Awards. She talks about the experience.
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