Think features in-depth interviews with compelling guests, covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and trends to food and wine, travel, adventure and entertainment.
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Hour 2: How will the developing-world pressure to have a male child and the rising economic status of these developing countries jeopardize the gender balance of society in the years to come? We’ll talk this hour with Mara Hvistendahl, a …
Hour 1: What impact do honeybees and beekeepers have on agriculture in America? We’ll talk this hour with journalist Hannah Nordhaus who examines the industry through the experiences of commercial beekeeper Jim Miller in her book “The Beekeeper’s Lament: How …
Hour 2: What is the most common form of life on earth? We’ll explore the incredible realm of viruses this hour with acclaimed science writer Carl Zimmer. His new book is “A Planet of Viruses” (University Of Chicago Press, 2011). …
Hour 1: What do we really need to know to be responsible caregivers for loved ones and friends? We’ll talk this hour with Gail Sheehy who writes about successfully navigating the 8 stages of caring in her book “Passages in …
Hour 2: Where do the big, game-changing ideas originate? We’ll discuss how people like Steve Jobs, Chris Rock, Frank Gehry and others share similar methodologies this hour with Peter Sims, author of “Little Bets: How Breakthrough Ideas Emerge from Small …
Hour 1: What causes giant ocean waves and why would someone intentionally try to surf a 100-footer? We’ll talk this hour with journalist and O, The Oprah Magazine editor in chief Susan Casey whose new book is “The Wave: In …
Hour 2: Could Playboy magazine be more than a collection of pin-ups and top-notch articles, interviews and fiction? Our guest this hour thinks so. We’ll discuss Playboy as a positive force for feminism with University of West Georgia historian Carrie …
Hour 1: How do you know if someone is disturbed? Could they be a psychopath? We’ll explore the bizarre world of psychopaths, the doctors who study them and the penal systems that incarcerate and try to treat them this hour …
Hour 2: Where did the Cold War almost become a real war? We’ll revisit the rise of the Berlin Wall and the tense beginning of a decades-long U.S./Soviet conflict this hour with Frederick Kempe, journalist and president and CEO of …
Hour 1: Everybody loves it, and no one can live without it, but how do we make the world’s food system more equitable? We’ll talk this hour with Oran B. Hesterman, Ph.D., president and CEO of Fair Food Network and …
