When a loved one dies, most of us turn to a professional, someone like Caitlin Doughty. She's a licensed mortician, death activist, and creator of the popular webseries "Ask A Mortician". In this interview, she talks about what happens when a body is prepared for burial.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
Evan S. Connell is the author of eighteen books and has won numerous awards and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His latest book is called “Francisco Goya: A Life.”
Doug Gordon profiles Cole’s notes, the Canadian inspiration for America’s CliffsNotes.
Research and experiments on time travel being done by some of the world's leading theoretical physicists and David Toomey is here to tell us about it.
Ralph Nader's Dangerous Idea? Drafting the children and grandchildren of elected representatives.
Chris Turner is the author of “Planet Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation.”
Carl Safina tells Jim Fleming about the leatherback turtle, which has been around for a hundred million years.
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