A Girl Defines Herself

No one knows for sure where we came from; no one can say where we’re going. We are, in the linguistic sense, mysteries. Secrets. In some ways, threats.

CuriosiD: Why are there so many Coney Islands in Detroit? – WDET 101.9 FM

The short answer Coney Island restaurants started to smother the nation’s car capitol in the early 20th century. Some Greek immigrants who arrived in the U.S. at that time passed…

We know different things

Outgrowth

“Something is changing in the greenhouse,” I tell my mother. She starts to ask what — but the phone drops. Service is shaky in the facility.

Chris McCandless with Blair Braverman – You’re Wrong About

This week, survival correspondent Blair Braverman tells Sarah the story of a Supertramp. In 1996, Jon Krakauer’s book Into the Wild described a young man, Chris McCandless, who changed his…

Grieving a Friendship w/MariNaomi

Join host Ned Buskirk in conversation with award-winning author & illustrator MariNaomi, talking about their new & ninth book, I THOUGHT YOU LOVED ME, a collage-comics graphic memoir about a…

How to build a planet

We’re going to tackle a few very small questions in this episode, like how to build a planet from scratch – and then, how to build governments on that planet.…