Arturo Marcano tells Steve Paulson about the exploitative system of player development in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic that fuels the American major leagues.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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I dunno, but it seems kind of extreme, not to mention risky, to bio-engineer a mass mosquito die-off. So Steve Paulson tracked down the world’s greatest living entomologist to see what he has to say. E. O Wilson is sometimes called “the ant man” – that’s the insect he studied most – but he’s best known as the evolutionary biologist and a champion of biodiversity. He’s 86 years old now, and has just finished what is probably his last book – called “Half Earth”. It’s a passionate plea to save humanity by dedicating half the planet to nature. You’d assume that Wilson would be happy to let mosquitos live in that half… but that’s not what he told Steve.
Charles Dwyer on art with his homeless neighbor - Jerry Pfeil.
You're either funny, or you're not. Right?
At Chicago's Second City training center, you can learn to get more giggle.
Matt Hovde runs the training center, and gives us a crash course in comedy.
Esther Iverem tells Jim Fleming about the first time she saw Spike Lee's film "She Gotta Have It" and why she thought it marked the start of a new wave of Black cinema.
In this UNCUT interview, Katherine Boo talks about her much-lauded book, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”.
Bill Vossler is the author of “Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, The Times.” He talks about where the classic rhyming signs came from, and reads several examples.
Dana Jennings grew up in New Hampshire during the golden age of country music from the 1950s through the 1970s. His family listened to country and their values were shaped by it.
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