Dan Everett went to the Amazon as a young Christian missionary and became captivated by the Indian people he'd come to convert and their totally unknown language.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Steve Paulson talks with Bill Kerig about Utah, the culture of snowboarders and how it’s changed. They’re still rebels but they smile more.
Colson Whitehead talks to Steve Paulson about his post-apocalyptic take on the zombie novel, "Zone One". Listen in on this UNCUT interview.
Author and physician Atul Gawande recommends "My Struggle" by Karl Ove Knausgaard.
James Dawes interviewed a collection of convicted war criminals from the Second Sino-Japanese War. Today, they are "sweet old men" searching for forgiveness. Do they deserve it?
Charles Limb is a surgeon and musician who researches the way creativity works in the brain. He puts jazz musicians inside an fMRI to find out what the brain does during musical improvisation.
Watch Charles Limb's TED Talk here
TTBOOK producer Doug Gordon investigates one of surf rock’s zaniest modern acts, Los Straitjackets to find out what’s happening with their surf rock sound.
Over the last several years, new developments in personal health tracking products have multiplied exponentially. But human interest in measuring and tracking elements of our bodily needs stretches back hundreds of years. Professor Natasha Schüll discusses these current trends and their history, based on research she's done for a forthcoming book called "Keeping Track."
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