Dr. Catherine Lord tells Anne Strainchamps that there is a ten fold reported rise in the incidence of autism but no one knows what accounts for the dramatic rise.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dominique Raccah tells Anne Strainchamps why she loves hearing the actual voices of people like Denise Levertov, W.H. Auden and Robert Frost.
Human and animal history is so intertwined it's hard to imagine one species without the other.
Journalist Christopher Noxon explains what happened when he formed a personal posse of life coaches in Los Angeles.
Chris Bachelder is the author of "Bear v. Shark: The Novel." He reads excerpts and talks with Anne Strainchamps about the wacky future world he's created.
Ted Gioia was in high school when he first visited a jazz club and he realized instantly, "This is it! This is what I've been looking for." The experience changed his life and since then he's become a noted jazz critic and historian. Gioia's new book is "How to Listen to Jazz." He tells Anne Strainchamps that new collaborations with rappers and rockers are revitalizing today's jazz.
Dalton Conley grew up in the housing projects of New York's lower East Side. But he went to school in a wealthy white neighborhood.
Bill Bryson talks with Jim Fleming about the personal stories of some of the people who made great scientific discoveries.
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