Deborah Madison talks with Anne Strainchamps about shopping at farmer’s markets. She says slowing down for food is one of the best ways to bring pleasure back into your life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. In this extended interview, she tells Steve Paulson stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Poet Catherine Jagoe shares her poem about bees and honey.
We’re all looking for something. All of us. Some of us are seeking God. Others, we’re seeking fame and fortune. But Hmong teenager Dao Chang was looking for something that you can usually find close to home - her mother.
Etienne Van Heerdon tells Steve Paulson that many of his fellow writers are obsessed with his country’s history and that they could always say things in fiction that they could never get away with in journalism.
Journalist Christopher Noxon tells Jim Fleming about “rejuveniles” - adults who cultivate aspects of their childhoods and have made “kid culture” fashionable.
Chris Ayres was more comfortable reporting on celebrities in Hollywood when the Times of London sent him to Iraq.
Frank Drake says SETI gets lots of false alarms and they’re all caused by signals that originate on earth, and that the situation will only get worse. But he’s still optimistic.
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