Jonathan Cott describes what it was like to re-invent himself after E.C.T. (Electroconvulsive Therapy) treatments created a fifteen year gap in his memory.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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David Harrison travels to some of the most remote places in the world, documenting endangered languages. He tells us about the language warriors: the last speakers of ancestral languages. Many of them are trying to preserve and revive their native tongues.
Jane Goodall revolutionized the study of primates and forced people to reconsider what it means to be human. She tells Steve Paulson about her decades of work with chimpanzees.
John Matthews talks with Anne Strainchamps about the sacred pre-Christian origins of many of our secular Christmas traditions.
Paul Collins describes his experience as an antiquarian bookseller in the Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye in his book “Sixpence House.”
One Laptop Per Child seeks to change the world by giving laptops to kids in places too remote to have electricity.
Are we ever good enough, or are we doomed to self-optimization for our entire lives?
Judy Blunt was born on a cattle ranch in Montana. She talks with Anne Strainchamps about her attitude towards animals, and why she finally had to walk away from ranch life.
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