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A billet of highly enriched uranium that was recovered from scrap processed at the Y-12 National Security Complex Plant
Former George W. Bush Speech writer Matt Latimer offers an insider's account of the final years of the Bush administration. We’ll examine Benny Goodman's impact on Classical music.
Then, we’ll hear about a plague that swept across parts of Europe in the 1500s that caused people to dance without stopping. Plus, Amir Aczel explains the history of the scientific race to harness radioactivity.
Speech-Less
Matt Latimer, a former speechwriter to President George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld, gives a behind-the-scenes account of his years working on Capitol Hill. His book about his experience is Speech-less: Tales of a White House Survivor.
The Classical Legacy of Benny Goodman
Benny Goodman is known predominantly as a jazz musician and bandleader of the Swing era of the 1930s and 1940s, but he was also deeply involved in the commissioning, performing, and recording of classical works by some of the 20th century's greatest composers. David Shifrin, artistic director of Yale in ...
The Dancing Plague
John Waller describes a bizarre dancing epidemic that struck Europe in the 1500s. In The Dancing Plague: The Strange, True Story of an Extraordinary Illness, he looks into the strange capabilities of the human mind and examines on our susceptibility to mass hysteria.
Uranium Wars
Science writer Amir Aczel examines the scientific discovery of nuclear power. Uranium Wars: The Scientific Rivalry that Created the Nuclear Age tells the story of the scientists who first uncovered the potential of uranium, and the complex and ongoing story of uranium itself, an element that both provides abundant ...
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