Nothing makes Hope Jahren happier than tinkering in her lab, studying fossilized plants. We hear the story behind her acclaimed memoir, “Lab Girl.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Stewart Brand, founder of the Whole Earth Catalogue, says it's time to get pragmatic about managing climate change.
Historian Ron Numbers talks with Steve Paulson. Numbers was once an ardent creationist and is the author of "The Creationists," the definitive history of the anti-evolutionist movement.
Svetlana Boym tells Anne Strainchamps that nostalgia was invented in the 17th century and seen as an actual physical condition for the next century of so.
Todd Robbins, “The Coney Island Wonder Worker,” talks with Anne Strainchamps about how he learned how to safely swallow swords and walk on hot coals.
Some of us think of dance as something best left to the professionals, people with years of training and technique. But when Sally Gross started dancing, she realized that she'd never master ballet or modern dance. So she made a whole new kind of dance...
Sherman Alexie is a one-man culture industry. He's also pretty much a rock star guest. Steve Paulson and Veronica Rueckert look back on his first interview with TTBOOK.
National Parks are important to America. And not just for the environment. But for the well-being of those who visit. Yet a large portion of the US popular has never set foot in a National Park. Especially African Americans. Independent producer James Mills wanted to know why. And he went all the way back to the Buffalo Soldiers, exploring what he calls "The Adventure Gap
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