Chandler Burr's new book explains Luca Turin’s theory of how we smell and recounts his amazing ability to recognize the odor of particular molecules.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Erik Larson talks about the World’s Columbian Exposition of 1893 and what it meant for Chicago at the turn of the century, and talks about America’s first serial killer who was operating in Chicago at the same time.
Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
Jessica Disu (FM Supreme) talks about using hiphop as a positive force to deliver messages of peace and non-violence.
He sounded the alarm about global warming over 20 years ago. Now he has a model of how to survive on our changed planet.
Chuck Klosterman talks about "Through a Glass, Blindly," the essay about voyeurism in his book, "Eating the Dinosaur."
David Thorpe is a filmmaker who went in search of his voice. Specifically, he wanted to know why he and many other gay men ended up markers of a "gay voice"—one with precise enunciation and sibilant "s" sounds. He spoke with his family and several speech therapists to better understand, control, and inhabit his voice.
Environmental writer Connie Barlow says that rhinos and elephants and tigers are native to North America and that we should bring back the Cheetah.
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