Andrew Cuomo strategizes on the best way to bring the Democratic Party back to prominence in the U.S. Then legendary forensic specialist Dr. Bill Bass and journalist Jon Jefferson explain what The Body Farm is. (It’s a place where the dead really do tell tales.) And David Quammen looks into whether the long-standing human fear of man-eating predators has any place in the modern world. Plus,
photographer Simen Johan shares his work, currently showing at the Yossi Milo Gallery.
Andrew Cuomo
Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson
Dr. Bill Bass and Jon Jefferson discuss their recent book Death’s Acre. Dr. Bill Bass is a premier forensic anthropologist who’s spent his life studying death and decomposition, and Jon Jefferson is the journalist who’s helped him write about it.
Events: Leonard Lopate interviews Dr. Bill Bass at @ The Graduate ...
David Quammen
Lions and tigers and bears (and crocodiles) - oh my! In Monster of God, David Quammen ponders the question of why all four predators have loomed so large on human consciousness throughout history - and what might happen if the trend of confining them in zoos continues.
Events:David Quammen will be ...
Simen Johan
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