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Jonathan Foley: How to feed the world's people without destroying the planet

Jonathan Foley: How to feed the world's people without destroying the planet

Jonathan Foley says agriculture contributes more to climate change than anything else we do. It's also the biggest user of water and land.

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Highlights of American RadioWorks education documentaries

Highlights of American RadioWorks education documentaries

MPR's Stephen Smith and Samara Freemark highlight the work of the American RadioWorks documentary unit. Part 1: "The Science of Smart." Part 2: "From Boots to Books."

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Journalist Tom Gjelten explores America's immigration story

Journalist Tom Gjelten explores America's immigration story

The NPR reporter's new book marks the 50th anniversary of the 1965 immigration law.

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Reflections on war, disability and the American veteran

Reflections on war, disability and the American veteran

Author and history professor John Kinder considers the many experiences of veterans who have been wounded in America's wars.

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Thomas Edison: How the lightbulb changed everything

Thomas Edison: How the lightbulb changed everything

University of Tennessee historian Ernest Freeberg discusses how the light bulb changed nearly everything about American life.

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Who do we become when we talk to machines?

Who do we become when we talk to machines?

An Aspen Ideas Festival lecture about what it means to be human in the digital age.

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Intelligence Squared debate: Are lifespans long enough?

Intelligence Squared debate: Are lifespans long enough?

What if we didn't have to grow old and die? Life expectancy of Americans used to be about 50, now it's closing in on 80. Researchers are working on cures for diseases and biotechnology that could arrest the process of aging. The Intelligence Squared debate motion is: "Lifespans are long enough."

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On Presidents Day, hear Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson

On Presidents Day, hear Jon Meacham on Thomas Jefferson

Historian Jon Meacham gave an Aspen Lecture titled, "Thomas Jefferson Then and Now: The Legacy and Lessons of an American Original."

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On Abraham Lincoln's birthday: hear historian Harold Holzer

On Abraham Lincoln's birthday: hear historian Harold Holzer

Renowned Lincoln scholar Harold Holzer tells us this hour about Abraham Lincoln's presidency, his assassination, and his mostly unknown career as a newspaper man. Harold Holzer gave the 2015 "Lincoln Lecture" at the Minnesota Historical Society. He titled it "Lincoln and the Press in 1865: Mayhem, Manhunts and Martyrdom."

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Michelle Janning: 'Why Love Letters Matter, Even in the Digital Age'

Michelle Janning: 'Why Love Letters Matter, Even in the Digital Age'

Some things to think about before Valentine's Day. Sociologist Michelle Janning's research looks at "Why Love Letters Matter, Even in the Digital Age." She found that women save more of these letters, but men look at them more often. How do handwritten cards and letters, or emails and facebook messages, convey who we are...and who we were?

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