What first inspired humans to travel all the way around the earth and how does the history of such exploration still inspire us today?
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Sustainable Design For Everyone?
Are sustainable design practices gaining ground and what will it take for energy-efficient design to reach a broader market?
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Holiday Movies
What are the hot holiday movies this season? Which ones have you already seen and what did you think?
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The Original Tom Sawyer
Who was the namesake of Mark Twain’s famous character Tom Sawyer and what was his life like in the San Francisco of the 1850s and 1860s?
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How The Mind Makes Meaning
How do our minds make sense of the world around us and how might the different ways our brains work lead to new understandings of language, psychology, and neuroscience?
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Kid's Media Today
How can parents navigate the ever-widening array of digital entertainment and educational choices for their kids?
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The Nature Of The Heart
What makes falling in love so attractive that many of us do it again and again? We’ll talk this hour with Davy Rothbart.
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The U.S.-Mexican War
What events precipitated the U.S.-Mexican War and how did the conflict influence our young country?
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Penn Jillette, Atheism, And The Holidays
What do the holidays really mean and why do most of us only celebrate certain days as holidays?
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Thomas Jefferson And Power
How did Thomas Jefferson manage to inspire his colleagues to action, learn from his failures, and still succeed and what can we glean from his methods today?
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Reinventing Nature And Ourselves
What will happen when we’re able to alter the genetic code of plants, animals, and even ourselves to outsmart diseases, reduce waste, and create new sources of energy?
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Texas Women Throughout Lone Star History
Which Texan women broke gender and racial barriers to run big ranches, lead towns, direct large banks, and ultimately change history?
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