"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.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Karen Russell bookmarks "A High Wind in Jamaica," by Richard Hughes.
Reporter Charles Monroe-Kane visits one of the last surviving grist mills in the US. He learns how water power is used to grind wheat into flour, and learns something about himself as well.
Renowned religious historian Elaine Pagels says the Book of Revelation is the Bible's most controversial book and she explains its enduring appeal.
Novelist Stephan Eirik Clark's Dangerous Idea? Subdivide the United States into smaller countries.
Birute Galdikas talks about her almost other-worldly experience of living with orangutans in Borneo.
It’s 2055, a regular weekday morning… Where do you wake up? With a booming population and more people moving into urban areas, chances are you’d be living in a city. But what might that city look like?
Mitchell Joaquim is an architect, and one of the founders of the innovative design group, TerreForm1.
Mindless Eating author and Ithaca native, Brian Wansink, cleans his plate on stage with Michael.
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