Thomas Lauderdale talks about his "little orchestra," Pink Martini.
Thomas Lauderdale talks about his "little orchestra," Pink Martini.
Lev Grossman tells Anne Strainchmps about his experiences working at one of the great repositories of rare books.
Ecologist Mark Hunter talks with Jim Fleming about the destructive capacity of alien insects.
Michael Shapiro, author of “The Last Good Season: Brooklyn, the Dodgers, and Their Final Pennant Race Together” tells Jim Fleming why baseball in Brooklyn was special.
In one of his most personal books, Sacks recalls his childhood in wartime London and the important role chemistry played in his life. He explains how he was comforted by the rigor and orderliness of science.
Julia Mickenberg tells Steve that some of the best known children's book writers were longtime political radicals.
Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and director of the University of Virginia's project on children's memories of previous lives.
How do young people in Burma use karaoke as a form of political protest?