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...
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Hughes is excited about the new Post-human world. He tells Anne Strainchamps why people can and should be stronger, healthier and smarter than they are.
Jack Turner tells Jim Fleming that spices seemed magical in the middle ages and it was only in the 17th & 18th centuries that people began to accept them as food.
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.
Jamie Meltzer directed a documentary film called “Off the Charts.” It’s about the business of “song-poems.”
Jack Cahill and David Eberhardt collaborated on a documentary film called "Long Gone." It's about the contemporary hobos who still ride the rails.
Writer Leslie Jamison believes critics are too quick to dismiss sentimentality in fiction. She tells producer Sara Nics how even trashy movies can offer a route to better self-understanding.
James Watson is famous for cracking the code of DNA, along with Francis Crick, and infamous for picking fights with other scientists and making inflammatory statements.
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