Non-Paternity Event
The title refers to how, with the rise of DNA testing like 23-and-me, increasing numbers of people are finding out that the person they thought was their father isn't related…
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…
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.…
Spatchcock
The body hardly looked like a recognizable creature without the head, the feathers, the feet. She could almost forget it had been alive.
Everything So Different and the Same
How trees can’t cure cancer, but they still matter