Geoffrey Horne and the Mysterious Disappearance of a Dreamboat
Barely out of college in the mid-1950s, Geoffrey Horne was a heartthrob TV star with acting chops to rival the greatest talents of his day. In '57 David Lean gave him a breakout role in his masterpiec...
2 Apr 201934min
Sarah Kliff and the Insane Saga of American Emergency Room Bills
America’s most famous healthcare expert was actually born in Canada! The Vox reporter and all-around policy guru explains how, in a country with entrenched interests similar to ours, progressives mana...
19 Mar 201943min
Itzhak Perlman Cracks Wise
The legendary violinist talks about his difficult childhood, stricken by polio in the war-torn early days of Israeli statehood -- and laughs about his early success, whisked away to the United States ...
5 Mar 201942min
Steven Lee Myers' Putin Primer
Russia has glittering towers and a jet-set elite, but grinding rural poverty. It has one of the world’s great literary traditions, but throws dissenters in jail for a blog post. Who is Vladimir Putin,...
19 Feb 201952min
Climate Science, Explained
How can Earth Scientists and programmers really make predictions about the climate? What are the ethics of having kids in a warming world? How to combat the disastrous politicization of the issue? Dr....
5 Feb 201939min
The Delightful Deviant Behind "The Human Centipede"
This episode talks about a movie whose premise might be disturbing to some.The Human Centipede wasn't in every multiplex when it came out in 2010, but the film is now firmly a part of American culture...
22 Jan 201938min
She Helped Create "Chaos at the Airports" after Trump's Muslim Ban
On January 27th, 2017, Donald Trump issued the travel ban barring visitors and migrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Becca Heller, founder of the International Refugee Assistance Project...
8 Jan 201944min
Carly Simon Was Afraid of the Spotlight, and Still Is -- Revisited
It’s hard, if not impossible, to imagine the 1970s without Carly Simon. After opening for Cat Stevens at LA's Troubadour in 1971, she gained near instant fame, winning a Grammy for Best New Artist tha...
28 Des 201853min
