Historian Guy Beiner is interested in how folk memory of events differs from the historical record.
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Desperate times may call for desperate measures. But do we really want to put space mirrors into clouds to deflect the sun's rays? Economist Clive Hamilton outlines the promise and perils of geoengineering.
Jim Fleming sits down with Nicholson Baker to discuss "House of Holes: A Book of Raunch". This is a raw and unedited interview.
Graeme Gibson talks with Jim Fleming about his collection of bird literature and lore called "The Bedside Book of Birds."
Hayley (Morgan) DiMarco developed “Extreme for Jesus” for a small publisher of Bibles. There are now more than 30 books for teens and the brand does ten million dollars a year
Gaby Wood is the author of “Edison’s Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life.” She talks about the many experiments with automata and early mechanical beings.
A few years ago, Wisconsin Public Radio producer Cynthia Woodland sat down with Anthony Cooper and his sons -- 13-year-told Akheem and 14-year-old Anthony Jr. -- to talk about the challenges of being a black teen in America.
A lot of people dismiss fashion as frivolous, but Media Studies professor Minh-Ha Pham says it's a great lens through which to study race, gender and class politics. "Fashion and so many other kinds of culture and practices that are traditionally associated with women... are often seen as frivolous," she says, and "that dismissal of fashion is linked to a larger, a broader sexism in our culture."
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