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Monday, we're talking about urban farming with the writer Novella Carpenter. Carpenter sometimes hears from people that they're moving to the country to…

Thursday, We're talking about the life and career of Robert Redford. Biographer Michael Feeney Callan says he became interested in Redford because the…

Wednesday, we're joined by the Darger family for a conversation about the inner workings of a real polygamist family. The Dargers are Joe, Alina and Vicki…

Thursday, Doug is joined by StoryCorps' David Isay for a conversation about the art and the techniques of oral history. StoryCorps is a project that…

Do you remember your first kiss? It's very likely you do. Psychologists report that it is one of the most vivid memories a human can have. The science…

A new cold war is raging in America. Patents are the weapons and “trolls” are the soldiers as tech and software companies battle for market supremacy.…

On August 21, 1911, the Mona Lisa was stolen from the Louvre. In her absence, da Vinci's La Gioconda became a superstar as people wondered: what criminal…

Dave Madden has never gone hunting. He's never mounted an elk hide on a plaster cast of a trophy bull. And yet, he's fascinated by taxidermy. His…

Thursday, Doug is joined by journalist Jeff Sharlet for a conversation about his most recent foray into the world of American religious life. Sharlet's…

Robert Gottlieb begins his biography of the legendary actress Sarah Bernhardt with something that should be fairly straight forward - her birth date. She…