This hour, we’ll talk about what it would take to actually disappear – and we’ll hear the stories of people who’ve tried – with Elizabeth Greenwood, author of “Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud” (Simon & Schuster).
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An Exploration Of Trails
This hour, we’ll take a historical and philosophical look at trails with Robert Moor. He writes all about them in “On Trails: An Exploration.”
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A Talk With Mike Birbiglia
This hour, we’ll talk with Mike Birbiglia about his new film, “Don’t Think Twice,” which he wrote, directed and stars in.
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The Art Of Loving The Place You Live
This hour, we’ll talk about embracing our hometowns with Melody Warnick, who’s moved six times herself. She’s the author of “This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live” (Viking).
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The Internet In Our Lives
This hour, we’ll talk about the intersection of our online lives and our real ones – and how they affect each other – with Virginia Heffernan. She explores these ideas and more in her new book, “Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art”.
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Adventures In Arabic
This hour, we’ll talk with Zora O’Neill about how she immersed herself in the Middle East, mastered the language and broadened her worldview in the process. She writes about the experience in her memoir, “All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World” (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt).
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Choosing My Religion
This hour, we’ll talk about how millennials navigate their spiritual lives with Emma Green, who writes about religion for The Atlantic.
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Marriage Through The Mail
This hour, we’ll talk about mail-order marriages with University of South Carolina associate law professor Marcia A. Zug, author of “Buying a Bride: An Engaging History of Mail-Order Matches.”
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The Geography Of Madness
This hour, we’ll talk about the most unusual syndromes found around the world with Frank Bures.
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The Life Of An Activist
This hour, we’ll talk to Jody Williams about what it takes to be an effective activist. Her memoir is called “My Name Is Jody Williams: A Vermont Girl’s Winding Path to the Nobel Peace Prize.”
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The Irony Of Power
This hour, we’ll talk about how recognizing the ways that power is gained can keep powerful people from becoming corrupt with Dacher Keltner, faculty director of the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center.
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The Boys In The Bunkhouse
This hour, we’ll hear how a team of social workers, local journalists and a labor lawyer fought to free a group of disabled men working in a turkey processing plant for just $65 a month – and about how their experience is improving the working conditions of people living with disabilities – with New York Times reporter Dan Barry.
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