Ellen Prager wants you to care about the oceans. She’s a writer and former chief scientist of the Aquarius Reef Base, the world’s only undersea research station. Her latest book is called “Sex, Drugs, and Sea Slime." She says we ignore the oceans at our own peril.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ed Ferrara used to be a senior storyline writer for World Wrestling Federation (WWF) now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE.
"I was very uncomfortable with death for most of my life," says Karen Reppen says she ran from death and dying for most of her life. But after she decided to face her fears head-on by getting a job in hospice, she started to see the moment of death as a source of wonder and joy.
Chris Willman is the author of "Rednecks and Bluenecks". He talks with Jim Fleming about some of the country artists from all over the political spectrum.
Novelist Stephan Eirik Clark's Dangerous Idea? Subdivide the United States into smaller countries.
With “Hallucinations,” Oliver Sacks has written one of his most personal books. In this NEW and EXTENDED interview, Sacks talks about his personal history with hallucinogens back in the 60s, as well as ecstatic experiences induced by temporal lobe epilepsy, and also how a mysterious voice in his head once saved Sacks’ life.
Birute Galdikas talks about her almost other-worldly experience of living with orangutans in Borneo.
Frank Rich tells Jim Fleming that the Broadway musicals of his childhood were all about dysfunctional families and helped him cope with his own difficult family situation.
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