The Hamilton Cult
September 22, 2016This hour, we’ll talk about the extent to which the Tony-winning musical has rewritten history and altered our understanding of its namesake.
This hour, we’ll talk about the extent to which the Tony-winning musical has rewritten history and altered our understanding of its namesake.
This hour, we’ll talk about Wildlife Services, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture charged with protecting livestock – a job that means death to millions of native birds and mammals.
This hour, we’ll talk about why doctors advise bed rest for as many as 700,000 pregnant women a year – and if it can do more harm than good.
This hour, we’ll talk about what we’ve learned so far about the candidates – and about what we can expect between now and next November – with Lewis Lapham.
This hour, we’ll talk about if protecting native species is a zero-sum game for invasive organisms.
We’ll spend this hour with David Bromwich, whose essay in the June issue of Harper’s is “What Went Wrong: Assessing Obama’s Legacy.”
We’ll talk to the writer and director this hour about how his hometown of Baltimore has influenced his work and about his new book, Carsick: John Waters Hitchhikes Across America.With sites like ancestry.com and the digitization of public records, tracing our family trees has become easier than ever. We’ll talk this hour about why we’re so interested in discovering our roots with Maud Newton, who writes about the subject in the June issue of Harper’s.
Just how powerful can our perception of odor be – strong enough to train troops, fool consumers or even control unruly crowds?
How are livestock treated in slaughterhouses and how reliable is food inspection in the United States?
Just how deadly have Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) become and what is being done to combat them?