Physicist Michio Kaku tells Steve Paulson that he thinks there’s more and more evidence to support the idea of the multi-verse, boiling space and projects the possibility of humanity cloning itself into a new universe.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Have you been to the High Line yet? It’s one of Manhattan's newest parks. In the summer, it's full of sunbathers, lush plantings and strolling locals. It’s also about 30 feet above the ground, built on the bed of an old elevated train line. Writer Annik LaFarge talks about the park, five years into its reinvention.
If there was an environmental Hall of Fame, Gus Speth would be a charter member. The former dean of the Yale School of Forestry, he's the founder of the World Resources Institute and cofounder of the Natural Resources Defense Council. He says we need get past our fixation on economic growth if we want to curb global warming.
Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."
Maggie Nelson talks to Steve Paulson about her new book, "The Art of Cruelty: A Reckoning."
Jill Fredston and her husband spend months every year rowing in the Arctic. And she tells a whale of a fish story!
Natsuo Kirino is one of Japan's best known writers. We sample an excerpt from her psychological thriller, Real World.
Patricia O'Conner tells Jim Fleming that what Americans think of as a British accent is a fairly recent development.
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