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(Miniature Musical Carousels (Balgara))
We explore the claim that the truth is in the details. Stops include the New York Public Library, huge and miniature homes in Australia, and a cartoon by Roz Chast, and some concluding thoughts from host Dean Olsher.
New York Public Library
Ten researchers at the New York Public Library reference desk in midtown Manhattan respond to queries by phone or email. And they don’t depend upon Google to get answers. Dean Olsher stands by as they do triage with one particularly challenging question. Produced by Jamie York.
Rescue Mission, cont’d.
Last week, lexicographer Erin McKean beseeched cartoonist Roz Chast to save several forgotten words from obsolescence by using them in one of her New Yorker cartoons. This week, we find out if Roz was up ...
Hard to Say
In his early thirties, Ed Werler took a job on the fire tower at Daicey Mountain in Maine. He lived there with his wife, Mary Jane, ultimately becoming a ranger for the state park system. They had a son and daughter together. Then, after fifty years of marriage, his wife ...
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