Frans de Waal talks with Steve Paulson about the evidence demonstrating that animals have culture.
Frans de Waal talks with Steve Paulson about the evidence demonstrating that animals have culture.
Poet Edward Hirsch bookmarks Alice Oswald's "Memorial: A Version of Homer's Iliad."
Artist Neil Harbisson was born greyscale colorblind. He says he liked seeing only in shades of black and white, but he still wanted to experience color. So he developed an implant that would help him hear colors well beyond the normal human spectrum, from ultraviolet to infrareds.
In this extended conversation, Neil talks about the art he makes with his new sense, and about the challenges of living cyborg.
Commentator Aubrey Ralph is bipolar, and says he has been living in a storm for most of his life...
David Whyte tells Anne Strainchamps there’s always a way to find meaning at work.
Graphic novelist Chris Ware talks with Anne Strainchamps about the hard work of making comic books. Ware is the author of "Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth."
Elizabeth Von Muggenthaler is president of the Fauna Communications Research Institute. She shares samples with Jim Fleming of some of the amazing animal sounds her group has recorded.