424. Professional storyteller Victoria Burnett on the past, present, and future of her craft
423. Multi-talented musician and producer Christian Tamburr on his long and winding road to success in this challenging industry
422. Author John Steinbeck and iconoclastic marine biologist Ed Ricketts made an unusual specimen-collecting expedition into the Sea of Cortez in 1940 and wrote a book about it; my guest is rebuilding the boat they sailed in
421. The interesting and largely untold story of the Gulf of Mexico, as told by a Pulitzer-Prize-winning historian
420. Actor and counterculture icon Peter Coyote explores the pivotal years of the Sixties with us (Part 2 of 2)
419. Actor and counterculture icon Peter Coyote explores the pivotal years of the Sixties with us (Part 1 of 2)
418. An accident in a nuclear missile silo in 1980 was as close as we've come to a nuclear catastrophe
417. It's Old Florida Day as we talk with an author about his two novels following a Florida ranching family's life and times
416. The
Fire/Aviation operations manager for the US Forest Service will talk
with us about the impact of changing climate on forest fire operations
and dangers
415. Boston University communications professor Michael Serazio explores the
impact of sports in our culture in his new book "The Power of
Sports"
414. Author William Culyer Hall's two novels chronicle a century of a Florida cattle ranching family's trials and travails
413. A
forensic anthropologist presents strong evidence that bones discovered
on a small Pacific island in 1940 were those of Amelia Earhart
412. An
upcoming 3-part PBS series explores parts of N. Carolina and Southwest
Florida using family photo albums to unlock the stories of the past and
make surprising connections between people in the present. We'll talk
with the producer about what he learned.
411. What was the strange object that fell from the sky near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, in 1965? It remains a mystery to this day
410. A
paleontologist who's an expert on elephant evolution describes a big
fossil find in Africa that displays the evolutionary timeline of many of
today's most spectacular animals
409. The
search for oil usually doesn't run like a well-oiled machine--a
petroleum geologist recounts his life and times as a wildcatter
408. Do
we now know what happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart? The producer
of a film on her life will talk about the life of this pioneering
woman.
407. Sherry
Hamby is a psychology professor who observes a more selective use of
social media among Appalachia's independent-minded people
406. Peter
Coyote was a '60s icon turned successful actor who eventually became
one of the most prolific background narrators in the history of
documentary film. He'll take us through the amazing times of his life.
405. Artificial Intelligence: (Wo)Man vs. Machine? (Part 2 of 2)
404. Artificial Intelligence: Should We Be Worried? (Part 1 of 2)
403. A
daring raid into German-held territory at the end of WWII saved the
world-famous Lipizzaner horses from destruction by the Soviet Army
402. Winning
conservation status for the 10,000-acre Rocky Fork mountain wilderness
area in East Tennessee was a long, uphill battle that serves as a
blueprint for similar efforts nationwide
401. A young woman paleontologist is making the connection between feathered dinosaurs being unearthed in China and modern-day birds
400. "The Swamp" tells the story of the Everglades leading up to its founding as a national park
399. The
threat of cyberterrorism and even cyberwarfare is increasing rapidly.
My guest is a cybersecurity expert who'll bring us up to date.
398. My
guest takes an in-depth investigative journalistic approach to a topic
in which we're all interested: Is there life after death? (Pt.2 of 2)
397. Two
of humankind's perennially big questions are "Are we alone in the
universe?" and "Is there life after death?" The book "Surviving Death"
presents compelling evidence for an afterlife (Pt. 1 of 2)
396. Petroleum geologist and wildcat well driller Tom Cochrane has written a memoir about his life and times in search of black gold
395. Part 2 of the story of William Morgan, the Americano Comandante in Cuba
394. Part
1 - William Morgan was an American misfit who became a top Comandante
in Castro's Cuban revolution, only to turn against him and be executed
for it
393. Laura Vorreyer has written an amusing and insightful book about her career as a pet-sitter for the rich and famous
392. Randy
Johnson takes us on a wide-ranging journey with his book Grandfather
Mountain: The History and Guide to an Appalachian Icon
391. Historian
Jack Davis has written a Pulitzer Prize-winning book about the Gulf of
Mexico that reads like a James Michener tour de force
390. Author Ron Rash on his award-winning novels and short stories set in Appalachia: How he does what he does
389. Moderates: Is there any chance they could be the political wave of the future that could save us from extreme divisiveness?
388. We'll explore "the evolution of zoos" with Palm Beach Zoo director Margo McKnight
387. In 1980 a nuclear missile in its silo melted down in Arkansas and we came close to an unimaginable calamity
386. A
psychology professor looks at whether social media and other online
technologies are used more selectively in Appalachia--and if that might
actually be a good thing
385. It's
Kentucky Derby week. W e'll talk with a racehorse owner/breeder about
where the Sport of Kings stands today--Is it in a race for survival?384. Historian Wayne Winkler fills us in on research into t he mystery of the Melungeon people of Appalachia
383. The
New Yorkermagazine staff writer William Finnegan on his life as a war
correspondent and "social justice" journalist in hot spots around the
world
382. The
author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning memoir, Barbarian Days: A Surfing
Life, regales us with tales of a young adulthood spent chasing the
perfect wave all over the world
381. A psychologist explores with us how changing emotions and attitudes abput people actually change the way they look to us
380. We'll talk with one of the top pipe-organ manufacturers in the world about what it takes to create these amazing instruments
379. All about autism and the growing awareness of it through TV shows like "The Good Doctor" and "Parenthood"
378. The little-known Wall Street tycoon with a secret life as a scientist who helped the Allies win World War II
377. An expert on cults explores this netherworld with us
376. The
great-grandson of Teddy Roosevelt will be with us to talk about TR's
epic 1914 exploration of the Amazon River basin, where he nearly died
375."I'll see it when I believe it"--how do emotion and attitude affect perception? We'll talk with a psychologist about it
374. We'll take a deep dive into water in all its forms with a British naturalist and expert "natural navigator"
373. With his jungle themes, Brazilian storyteller Antonio Rocha has invented a unique style of performance art
372. The latest installment in our occasional Good News Week series
371. The Herd Mentality : At Asher-Dell Farms they train dogs to herd sheep (and ducks)
370. Two recent novels by a North Carolina author follow the trials and tribulations of several generations of a mountain family
369. Prof.
Robert Walker is a "human geographer" at the University of Florida who
treks into the heart of the Amazon forest to assess the impact of
logging on Amazonia and its native peoples, encountering hostile loggers
suspicious of his motives
368. Leslie
Kean's new book "Surviving Death" takes an in-depth journalistic
approach to a topic in which we're all interested: Is there an
afterlife? (Pt.2 of 2)
367. Leslie Kean's recently published book "Surviving Death" takes a very level-headed look at evidence for an afterlife (Pt. 1 of 2)
366. All about urban (and even suburban) gardening with an expert in horticulture
365. All you ever wanted to know about cults
364. Mark
Powell's latest novel "Small Treasons" explores the impact that the War
on Terror has on an American family, even at a distance
363. The
documentary film, "Weekend in Havana" will soon be aired on PBS.
Filmmaker Geoffrey Baer talks with us about Cuba today and the outlook
for more open relations.
362. The
relationship between brain sizes and evolution is currently a topic of
interest to anthropologists. We'll talk with one about it.
361. Some
of the bravest and best spies in American history have been women. The
curator of the International Spy Museum will fill us in.
360. Dr. Brian Hare discusses "Dognition" -- an online "citizen science" research tool that he operates out of Duke University
359. Brian
Hare is a Duke University anthropologist who discovered how dogs became
domesticated from wolves and explains it in his book, "The Genius of
Dogs"
358. Now
that we're in horse racing's Triple Crown season, we'll talk with a
racehorse owner/breeder about where the Sport of Kings stands today--Is
it alive and kicking?
357. A
rare condition sometimes called "Benjamin Button Disease" causes the
aging process to slow so that, at least on the outside, children don't
age--my guest studies it
356. Good News Week (it's Easter, so why not?)
355. Janie
DeVos' two back-to-back novels follow several generations of a North
Carolina mountain family through the first half of the 20th century
354. Sarah
Emma Edmonds disguised herself as a man and fooled both the Union and
Confederate armies to become a Civil War soldier and spy
353. When pigs fly into your home: We'll talk about miniature pigs with a veterinarian and a pig rescue organizer
352. Wendy
the Welder in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, helped win WWII just as Rosie the
Riveter did--but she'd been ignored. Richard Cook hopes to change that.
351. "Synthetic
biology" opens up the possibility of manufacturing any living thing
from "interchangeable parts" of other living things. We'll talk with one
of the leaders of the field.
350. An evolutionary biologist and geographer explores with us why and how human societies collapse. Are we next?
349. A former Air Force nuclear missile silo technician will relate the hair-raising tale of the day we almost lost Arkansas!
348. Odd News from around the world347. We'll hear about the life and times of Stetson Kennedy, one of the greatest nearly-unsung Floridians of the 20th century
346. Good News Week 345. British
naturalist Tristan Gooley's new book, "How to Read Water" is a tour de
force description of the many forms that water takes and what it can
tell us about the world around us
344. How
much do we see of what we're looking at? A cognitive scientist talks
with us about her book, "On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes"
343. What's
a guy gotta do? Super-talented and charismatic Italian crooner Patrizio
Buanne is a star around the world but can't seem to break the Italian
ice n America
342. A scientific study found that the old saying, " Happy Wife, Happy Life" is true. A sociologist will fill us in on the details.
341. Mark
Powell's award-winning new novel, "The Sheltering," explores the impact
of war, the Great Recession, and other calamities on two families
340. The mysterious object that fell near Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, in December 1965 remains a mystery today
339. Recreating the woolly mammoth from frozen DNA: We'll explore the brave new world of Synthetic Biology with one of its inventors
338. Are we reliving the Fall of Rome? An evolutionary biologist and geographer explores with us why and how human societies collapse
337. The leader of NASA'a Juno mission talks with us about the spacecraft's successful entry into orbit around Jupiter on July 4th
336. We'll talk with eminent neurobiologist James McGaugh about how our emotions affect memory
335. We'll
talk with Dr. Doo, a paleontology professor who curates the world's
largest collection of dung from rare and extinct animals--there's a lot
to learn from fossilized mastodon poop
334. Anthropology
Professor Mark Flinn on brain sizes in humans and apes, and what it
suggests regarding the evolution of human intelligence
333. "The
Ghost Army of WWII" tells the story of a secret Army unit of artists
who practiced mass deception against the German forces using multimedia
battlefield displays
332. Todd
Mouton's new book, "Way Down in Louisiana" explores Cajun, zydeco, and
Swamp Pop music along with the culture of this colorful region
331. The Zika virus: All you need to know about something you wish you didn't have to know about
330. In
the mid-to-late 1800s, Cracker cattle descended from Spanish explorers'
livestock and Cracker pioneers were the foundation of Florida's early
economy
329. In
1960, Air Force Col. Joseph Kittinger leaped from a helium balloon
nearly 20 miles up, at the edge of space, and skydived into aerospace
history
328. An
ancient skull discovered in an underwater cave in Mexico proves that
modern-day Native Americans are directly descended from Asians who
migrated across the Bering Straits Land Bridge
327. The
Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal is the subject of this year's Oscar
for Best Picture, "Spotlight." The lawyer who first uncovered the
scandal in 1984 wrote a novel, "in God's House" based on that intense
legal and personal saga
326. Up-and-coming
young country singer/songwriter Austin Moody tells us what it's like to
try to break into the music industry--and succeed
325. Astrophysicists
have proved the last remaining part of Einstein's Theory of Relativity
by detecting gravitational waves formed by the merging of two black
holes 1.3 billion light-years away (that's a LOT of miles!)"
324. Will
smart phones eventually be smarter than we are--and dominate not only
our time but our ability to resist them? We'll discuss what I call
"phoneophilia"
323. A clinical psychologist helps us explore? Genderology,? through the topic "Who's Happier: Men or Women?"
322. Duke
University anthropologist Brian Hare discovered how dogs became
domesticated from wolves and explains it in his book, "The Genius of
Dogs"
321. The
book, "Go Outside and Play: Why Kids Don't and Why They Should"
explores a topic that's important not only for the future of our kids
but also for our society as a whole
320. An
international team of researchers investigated how much impact
indigenous people had on the Amazon forest--the answer will affect how
much logging is allowed there
319. Maritime
historian Glenn Stein's new book "Discovering the North-West Passage"
tells the story of one of history's most harrowing explorations
318. The
Trail Boss of the 6-day, 70-mile Great Florida Cattle Drive of 2016
regales us with stories of the past two drives, involving hundreds of
ride-along enthusiasts
317. This law professor is an expert on social networks and internet privacy--if there is any of that left!
316. "Urban gardening" is taking off as a way to enjoy some of the benefits of country living (and eating) in cities and suburbs
315. Dr.
Richard Walker studies a rare condition in which children appear to age
very slowly, in hopes of finding how to control the aging process
314. Good News Week (an experiment)
315. J.M.
Berger, an expert on Islamic terrorist organizations, will explore with
us how ISIS uses social media to spread propaganda and recruit
worldwide
314. Who says dogs don't smile!? Veterinary medicine researcher Dr. Nicholas Dodman on what we're learning about animal emotions
313. Therese Borchard knows all about depression and explores it in her book, "Beyond Blue"
312. A
biologist studies a species of spider that has two sub-groups--one
sociable and other aggressive. She looks for the chemical differences
that make their behavior different and applies this knowledge to our own
behavior
311. A
little-known African primate, the bonobo, never fights but, instead,
has a lot of sex. Duke University scientist Vanessa Woods studies their
social behavior for clues to our own, and is also trying to save them
from extinction
310. Veterinarian
Siobhan Ellison founded a small biomedical research company, discovered
the cause of a mysterious disease in horses, and has been struggling to
change entrenched views
309. Antonio Rocha combines mime and storytelling to produce a unique style of performance art
308. College
Student Styles from the Counterculture to the Me Generation -- We talk
with the longtime owner of The Subterranean Circus in Gainesville,
Florida
307.Florida racehorse owner/breeder Bill Killeen
gives us an inside look at the Sport of Kings--Is it alive and kicking?
306. A
group of young Texans recently rode a string of nearly wild Mustang
horses from the Mexican border to the Canadian border and produced a
book and movie about it, called "Unbranded"
305. Sam Henegar discusses his newly released documentary, "The Appalachian Trail: An American Legacy"
304. Author/naturalist
Bill Belleville explores water in all its forms throughout Florida and
the Caribbean basin in his book "The Peace of Blue"
303. RFD-TV founder Patrick Gottsch on his long uphill (but successful) battle to bring rural-themed TV to Middle America
302. Author Fred Setterberg recalls growing up in 1950s/60s suburban California in "Lunch Bucket Paradise"
301. David Milarch is cloning "Champion Trees" from the biggest trees on earth and replanting them in disappearing old-growth forests300. The mental health system seems to be broken. Can it be fixed?
299. The Obesity Epidemic: It's growing--what can we do about it?
298. NASA experiment on the slopes of a volcano in Hawaii is examining how people will hold up psychologically on a mission to Mars
297. Happy
Wife, Happy Life -- Sociologist Dr. Deborah Carr studied marital
relationships and attitudes and found this old axiom to be true
296. We'll talk with an astrophysicist who studies Earth-like planets and compares their features to those of our own evolving planet
295. We'll
take a look at a controversial project called Truthy, which tracks and
analyzes Twitter flows to study how information is spread
294. Brigham
Young University linguistics professor Dallin Oaks on his discoveries
about the structure of language as it relates to puns and humor
293. Are we becoming so attached to our smartphones that it's an addiction? We'll discuss what I call "phoneophilia"
292. Porky Pets: All about miniature pigs, with a veterinarian and a North Carolina pig rescue organizer
291. That's
Amore! Italian crooner Patrizio Buanne is a big star in many parts of
the world but can't seem to break the Italian ice in America
290. Two scientists delve into the threats facing Florida's Indian River Lagoon and what to do to help it survive
289. The
discovery of an ancient skull in an underwater cave in Mexico proves
that Native Americans came from Asia across the Bering Straits Land
Bridge
288. My
guests talk about their kayak expedition from one tip of Florida to the
other and the continuous "wildlife corridor" they're trying to
establish
287. Patty
Goffinet's book, "Go Outside and Play: Why Kids Don't and Why They
Should," explores a topic that everyone talks about but no one does much
about
286. Paleontology
professor Dr. Jim Mead is best known for his world-class collection of
dung from rare and extinct animals--it's amazing what we can learn from
ancient poop!
285. Brave New world? Attorney Lori Andrews is an expert on social networks and internet privacy
284. We'll talk with two experts on gender
roles in the media about a trend in the portrayal of males that I call
"The Shrinking Man."
283. Yahoo
sportscaster Angela Sun has made a film about the Great Pacific Garbage
Patch to increase awareness of the plastic that's filling up the
world's oceans
282. Rich
Rosendale is the host of a new cooking show on CBS, called "Recipe
Rehab." We'll talk about his shift from five-star chef to middle-class
meal mentor.
281. Part
2 of 2: Dog cognition researcher Dr. Brian Hare discusses "Dognition"
-- an online "citizen science" research tool that he and research
scientist Vanessa Woods operate
280. Part 1 of 2:
Evolutionary anthropologist Brian Hare discovered how dogs became
domesticated from wolves and explains it in his book, "The Genius of
Dogs"
279. Part 2 of 2: Victoria Burnett on the craft of storytelling, past, present, and future
278. Part 1 of 2: Victoria Burnett works in the world's oldest profession: storytelling -- she's one of the best
277. Going
to Bat for Bats: We'll talk with a leading bat researcher and a field
biologist who's building caves to try to keep bats from dying off from
an epidemic disease
276. Cognitive scientist and psychologist Alexandra Horowitz talks about her new book, "On Looking: Eleven Walks with Expert Eyes"
275. Had enough rain? We’ll talk about climate change with Dr. David Easterling, from the National Climatic Data Center
274. A look at the present and future of the nation’s electric power grid: Promises and perils
273. We All Live in a Yellow Submarine: The Atlantica Undersea Colony Project
272. Professional
tornado chaser and novelist Chris Kridler talks with us about this
extreme pursuit and whether it has become TOO popular in Tornado Alley
271. Something highly unusual happened in Kecksburg, Pennsylvania, in December 1965--Stan Gordon and Leslie Kean are investigating it
270. Part
2 of 2: The lawyer who first uncovered the Catholic clergy sex abuse
scandal and wrote "in God's House" talks about the still-unfolding
scandal and its ramifications for the Church
269. Part
1 of 2: The lawyer who uncovered the Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal
in 1984 has written a novel, "in God's House" based on that intense
legal and personal saga
268. NASA's Tom Rivellini is responsible for those amazingly inventive systems that put rovers safely on the surface of Mars
267. Master
Chef Richard Rosendale, of West Virginia’s famed Greenbrier resort,
represented the USA in the recent Bocuse D’Or cooking competition in
France
266. As
part of our exploration of “Genderology,” psychologist Dr. Kim
Deffebach engages with Court on the topic "Who's Happier: Men or Women?"
265. "Hotshot" crews are the Seal Team 6 of firefighters--trained to handle the most extreme wildfires anytime, anywhere
264. California "psychic detective" Annette Martin on what she does and what it's like to do it
263. We'll
learn about the Slow Food and Farm-to-Table movements from star chef
Tyler Brown and well-known dietician/food expert Melinda Himmelgarn
262. David Milarch is cloning "Champion Trees" from the biggest trees on earth and replanting them in disappearing old-growth forests
261. Southwest
Florida singer-songwriter-performer Cindy Hackney has invented a whole
musical genre she calls "sawgrass music," rooted in the Everglades
260. Pioneer
South Florida family descendant Harvey Oyer talks with us about his new
book, “The Adventures of Charlie Pierce: The Last Calusa.”
259. Using
larynx models based on fossil evidence, anthropology professor Robert
McCarthy replicates the sounds that Neanderthals might have made
258. Cybersecurity
expert Dr. Richard Ford talks with us about the new threat of
"cyberwarfare" and what it could mean for governments, industries, and
individuals
257. Underwater photographer Wes Skiles makes PBS films on Florida's waters, above and below ground
256. Super-talented Italian crooner Patrizio Buanne on being a star in many parts of the world and trying to make it big in America
255. Hip
Culture: The Sixties and After -- We talk with Bill Killeen, longtime
owner of The Subterranean Circus in Gainesville, Florida
254. Poet Joanna O'Keefe on her work, her inspirations, and the experiences they've brought her
253. Terence Witt on his concept of "null physics" and how it could revolutionize our view of how the universe works
252. Physicist Marcus Hohlmann on the apparent discovery of the long-sought Higgs Boson “God Particle”--what it is and what it means
251. Stacey
Grenrock Woods gives birth once a month to a column in Esquire Magazine
called, simply, “Sex.” As a writer, she’s as funny as they come—or I
should say …as they get.
250. The mystery of the Melungeon people of Appalachia has been solved—or has it? Historian Wayne Winkler will fill us in
249. Yahoo
sportscaster Angela Sun has made a film about the Great Pacific Garbage
Patch to increase awareness of the plastic that’s filling up the
world’s oceans
248. With the Kentucky Derby coming up, Florida racehorse owner/breeder Bill Killeen gives us an inside look at the Sport of Kings
247. Florida’s
State Chef, the only full-time state chef in the nation, talks about
his work as a globe-trotting ambassador for local food and healthy
eating
246. Porky Pets: All about miniature pigs, with a veterinarian and a North Carolina pig rescue organizer
245. We’ll talk with storm chaser Chris Kridler about her adventures in Tornado Alley and her new novel, “Funnel Vision”
244. Author Fred Setterberg recalls growing up in 1950s/60s suburban California in “Lunch Bucket Paradise”
243. Grits &grins: Culinarians John T Edge and Rathead Riley on Southern cooking and the Southern Foodways Alliance
242. “We Were an Island” tells the story of a couple who lived together on a lonely island off the coast of Maine from 1949 to 1985
241. A new book, “Monsters in America,” explores our fascination with scary things
240. Do dogs really smile? Leading veterinary medicine researcher Dr. Nicholas Dodman on what we’re learning about animal emotions
239. Aging for Men and Women--How's It Different? (Genderology series)
238. An
attorney discusses the need--particularly for women--to advocate for
your own rights and interests when dealing with the medical system and
other power structures
237. Antonio Rocha combines mime and storytelling to produce a unique style of performance art
236. Ken Nedimyer is replanting endangered coral on dying reefs across the Caribbean
235. Ric
Gillespie thinks his organization, TIGHAR, is close to solving the
enduring mystery of what happened to pioneering pilot Amelia Earhart
234. In
this episode of our Genderology series, family counselor Mary O’Keeffe
helps us tackle the knotty question, “Is marriage obsolete?”
233. Wayne Winkler’s book, “Walking Toward the Sunset,” documents the history of the little-known Melungeon people of Appalachia
232. We All Live in a Yellow Submarine: The Atlantica Undersea Colony Project
231. Author Michael Everett explores the psychology of boom-and-bust cycles and what individuals can do to escape the Great Recession
230. Author/naturalist
Bill Belleville explores hidden pockets of Old Florida in his book,
Salvaging the Real Florida: Lost and Found in the State of Dreams.
229. David
Milarch has a mission: Restore the world’s ancient forests by cloning
many of Earth’s oldest, biggest, and healthiest “super-trees”
228. Paleontology
professor Dr. Jim Mead is best known for his world-class collection of
dung from rare and extinct animals--it's amazing what we can learn from
ancient poop!
227. Cold enough for you? We’ll talk about climate change with Dr. David Easterling, from the National Climatic Data Center
226. Author Therese Borchard explores depression in her book, “Beyond Blue”
225. Eminent neurobiologist Prof. James McGaugh on how our emotions affect memory
224. Telling Taller Tales. Joseph Sobol directs one of the only graduate programs in Storytelling in the U.S.
223. Bringing out the best in the beast: At Asher-Dell Farms they train dogs to herd sheep (and ducks)222. Novelist
Tim Dorsey is back with more tales of almost-lovable Florida serial
killer Serge Storms in his new book, Electric Barracuda
221. University
of Florida entomologist Jamie Ellis explores with us possible reasons
for the mysterious worldwide disappearance of honey bees
220. Florida
pop-punk band TeraBrite won first prize ($25K) in Sprint’s Epic
Mini-Movie contest for their short music video, Epic Guitar Girl
219. The
University of Arizona’s Dr. Nasser Peyghambarian on a major
breakthrough in 3-D holographic video technology at the Engineering
Research Center he leads
218. Pine
Castle, a Florida Cracker settlement, and the story of Jane Green, a
reputed Lady of the Night who was the area’s most famous (or notorious)
resident
217. Tennessee’s
state archaeologist on the discovery of a 12,000-year-old Native
American mastodon hunt site in a suburban Nashville back yard
216. Brooke
Deratany Goldfarb, a lawyer who facilitates “peaceful divorces,” will
talk with us about the state of marriage and divorce in 21st-century
America
215. “Florida
in WWII: Floating Fortress,” Nick Wynne and Richard Moorhead's latest
book, describes a pivotal time in the state’s colorful history
214. Leslie
Kean urges the U.S. government to take unidentified aerial phenomena
seriously in her new book, “UFOs: Generals, Pilots, and Government
Officials Go On the Record.”
213. National
Weather Service meteorologist Scott Spratt discusses the current
hurricane season and the push for better forecasting of where these
storms will go
212. Jamaican-born Elaine Myrie-Richards, M.D., tells funny stories from the practice of medicine in her new book, What's New, Doc?
211. Author
Jonathon King has written a novel, The Styx, based on a real but
mysterious event, the burning of an Afro-American workers' town in
turn-of-the-century Palm Beach
210. Marine biologist Dr. Jon Gorham of Inwater Research Group studies endangered sea turtles around Florida's coasts
209. We follow MIA Hunters chief Bryan Moon on their latest and biggest mission to recover downed WWII aircrews
208. Derreck
Kayongo started the Global Soap Project to recycle barely-used
throwaway soap from hotels nationwide into new soap for displaced people
in the Third World
207. In
author John Dufresne's novel Requiem, Mass., a mother believes her
children have been abducted by aliens and replaced with identical
imposters (suggestion: look up Capgras Syndrome)206. South
Florida pioneer family descendant Harvey Oyer III talks about his new
children's book based on the "plume trade" that decimated Florida bird
populations in the late 1800s and early 1900s.
205. Nick Wynne and Richard Moorhead's new book, Paradise for Sale: Florida's Booms and Busts, couldn't be more timely
204. Physics professor Marcus Hohlmann on his work with the Large Hadron Collider atom-smasher in Switzerland
203. Roxanne St. Claire is a star in the surprisingly diverse and expanding universe of romance novels
202. Prof. John Schultz deploys ground-penetrating radar as a tool for both archaeology and forensics
201. Dr. Cheryl Ward built an exact replica of a 3500-year-old Egyptian ship of the Pharaohs and took it sailing on the Red Sea
200. Poet Joanna O'Keefe on her work, her inspirations, and the experiences they've brought her
199. The Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) of World War II finally get the recognition they deserve
198. Eminent neurobiologist Prof. James McGaugh on how our emotions affect memory
197. Underwater photographer Wes Skiles makes PBS films on Florida's waters, above and below ground
196. Brigham
Young University linguistics professor Dallin Oaks on his discoveries
about the structure of language as it relates to puns and humor
195. Professor Michael Hyde on the quest for "Perfection"--how it brings out both the best and the worst in us
194. Cybersecurity expert Dr. Richard Ford on the growing threat of cyber-attacks from the individual to the national level
193. NASA's new Kepler space telescope is finding dozens of "exoplanets" orbiting distant stars
192. Jamie MacVicar's new book recounts his (mis)adventures as an "advance man" for the circus
191. Project Manager John Callas on the amazing life and times of NASA's Mars rovers
190. California "psychic detective" Annette Martin on what she does and what it's like to do it
189. Tornado researcher Brenda Phillips on advanced new detection and warning technologies
188. Legendary treasure finder Bob Marx reenacted Columbus' Voyage of Discovery in every detail
187. Transportation security expert Dr. Cliff Bragdon on counterterrorism and disaster preparedness
186. National
Weather Service meteorologist Scott Spratt briefs us on a possibly
severe tornado threat in Florida this winter and what's causing it
185. In
his book, The Universe: Order Without Design, NASA physicist Carlos
Calle examines what we know--or think we know--about the origins and
evolution of the universe
184. The Thinking (Wo)Man's Evangelical: Author Donald Miller's Voyage of Discovery
183. South Florida's Barefoot Mailman - The Legend Lives On
182. Autism: The Alienation Disease--Is it Spreading?
181. Water Works: Reshaping Florida's Water Flows for a More Sustainable Future
180. National Weather Service tropical weather specialist Scott Spratt talks with us about the 2009 hurricane season
179. "Sunshine
Expedition" adventurers Matt Keene and Jodi Eller recount their
7-month, 2900-mile kayaking and hiking journey throughout Florida
178. Anthropologist
Tom Funk explores with us the surprising scientific and technological
sophistication of the Mayans and Incas.
177. Author Michael Tougias on his book "The Finest Hours: The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue"
176. Psychic
Cheryl DuBois takes us on a tour of the spirit world, talks about her
new book and her TV series in production on this ephemeral topic
175. Author Richard Moorhead tees up to talk about his new history of Golf in Florida: 1886-1950
174. Palm Bay Homicide Detective Mark Mynheir on his latest mystery suspense novel (and life in homicide)
173. Journalist Chris Kridler leaves the Hurricane Coast to chase tornadoes in Tornado Alley every spring
172. The Florida Solar Energy Center's Energy Whiz Olympics brings out the inventor in young students around the state
171. Capt. Julie Clark is an aviation pioneer -- one of the first female commercial airline pilots
170. The
Dean of Engineering at Florida International University talks about new
technology to improve the hurricane-resistance of homes
169. MIA
Hunters Bryan Moon and Vernon Clobes locate WWII aircraft crash sites
and airmen missing in action in far-flung corners of the world
168. Artist
and writer Theodore Morris chronicles the many Native American "lost
tribes" who populated Florida before the Europeans arrived
167. Diana
Gessler is both a painter and a prolific author of successful travel
books that she writes and illustrates with her art
166. "Old
Florida" meets Disney World -- Forever Florida in Holopaw has upped the
ante on its ecotouring venues with a world-class, 2-hour Zipline Safari
through the ecological preserve
165. You're all a-Twitter! A look at the new generation of online social and business networking
164. A Colorado woman just won a million-dollar home in Maryland in an online raffle. Now she has to decide what to do with it.
163. Southwest
Florida singer-songwriter-performer Cindy Hackney has invented a whole
musical genre she calls "sawgrass music," rooted in the Everglades
162. The
Executive Director of the Florida Historical Society, Dr. Ben
Brotemarkle, talks about the work of the Society and his own statewide
radio show, Florida Frontiers
161. Hayley
Downs is a New York City-based documentary filmmaker from Deland, who's
making a film on Florida Cracker culture called "Swamp Cabbage"
160. Central Florida's Christian Tamburr on highlights of his globe-trotting musical career so far and future plans
159. Sports
promoter extraordinaire Mitch Varnes on the upcoming Sebastian Inlet
Pro surf contest and Melbourne & Beaches Musical Marathon
158. With archaeologist Dr. Rachael Wentz, we'll explore the 7500-year old Native American cemetery found at Windover Farms
157. A team of investigators is trying to solve the enduring mystery of what happened to famed aviator Amelia Earhart
156. Entrepreneur
Joe Hurston delivers his high-tech water purification systems for free
to disaster-ravaged areas around the world
155. Palm Bay’s Deanna Bell is a mechanical engineer and the female star of the Discovery Channel’s “Smash Lab”
154. Terence Witt on his concept of "null physics" and how it could revolutionize our view of how the universe works
153. John
Brandon is one of the most prolific "treasure finders" of all those who
have searched for the riches of the Spanish 1715 fleet
152. Alto
"Bud" Adams, Jr., has run the Adams Ranch since 1948. We'll talk about
how ranching has changed, as well as his renowned cattle breeding
innovations
151. "What's Cookin'?": Melbourne restaurateur Matt Nugnes fills us in on culinary trends nationwide
150. Psychic detective Annette Martin on what she does and what it's like to do it
149. Author Shawn Bean on his new book about early 20th-century Jacksonville as "The First Hollywood
148. Artist
Julie Lara Kahn on her large-scale multimedia projects including an
exploration of Florida Cracker culture and food in her "Swamp Cabbage"
exhibit
147. The
Wall Street Journal's Lee Hotz on the possible rediscovery of Leonardo
Da Vinci's greatest masterpiece, "The Battle of Anghiari," using
advanced technology
146. National Weather Service meteorologist Dennis Decker on the mid-season outlook for hurricanes
145. Robert
Reedy, of the Florida Solar Energy Center, on the rapidly improving
outlook for solar cells to produce a substantial share of our electric
power
144. Using
larynx models based on fossil evidence, Florida Atlantic University
anthropologist Robert McCarthy replicates the sounds that Neanderthals
might have made
143. Two Florida men prepare to drive a flats boat--a 21-ft FLATS boat--from Boston to London, unaccompanied
142. Next episode of Genderology, on "What Do Women Want in Men (and vice versa)?" with Brenda McKee
141. Dutch master painter (as distinct from "Dutch Master") Frits Van Eeden is one of Central Florida's preeminent artists
140. 20-year-old Nancy Rios is the only woman windsurfer on the U.S. Olympic Team and is heading to Beijing
139. The outlook for the 2008 hurricane season, with a National Weather Service meteorologist
138. Attorney
Pamela Bress on the need--particularly for women--to advocate for your
own rights and interests when dealing with the medical system and other
power structures
137. Steve Wagner, owner of Exotic Encounters near St. Cloud, talks about Florida wildlife and our relation to what's left of it
136. Hollywood writer/producer Cheryl Dubois gives us the lowdown on the gritty business of making films and TV shows
135. At 27, Christian Tamburr is an accomplished and much-acclaimed percussionist, currently touring with Julio Iglesias
134. FIRST Robotics Teams in Brevard are winning top national awards and going for #1 in the World
133. Next episode of Genderology #4, on "Changing Roles in Parenting" with Dr. Vicki Panaccione
132. British
yachtsman Keith White has just sailed across the Atlantic
single-handedly -- that is, alone and without the use of his left arm --
to raise money for charities
131. Genderology #3: Aging for Men and Women--How's It Different? (with Dr. Kim Zipper)
130. Old Florida Day: DeLand's unofficial historian Bill Dreggors on Ghost Towns of the St. Johns River
129. Genderology #2: Communication Between the Sexes ("I Said What?!")
128. Author
Anna Flowers debuts her new book, "Wanton Woman," about S. Carolina's
Strom Thurmond and an affair that led to his lover's execution
127. "Genderology" -- the first in a new series on that age-old topic, male-female differences. Vive la difference!
126. Birdwatcher Susan Bird advocates making habitats for wild birds in your own backyard
125.
French Baron John de Bry talks about his grandfather's participation
in both the 1907 Peking-to-Paris auto race and the 1908 "Great Race"
from New York to Paris.
124. The Wall Street Journal's Jennifer Saranow
explores with us "Seven Missing Wonders of the World"
123. Author/naturalist Bill Belleville on the
natural and human history of the St. Johns River, and other "Old
Florida" topics
122. Good News Week with Court Lewis
121. Surfing event promoter extraordinaire Mitch
Varnes created the Sebastian Inlet Pro contest four years ago; it is now one of
the 3 top-ranked surfing events in North America
120. Two intrepid underwater cave explorers on
their record-breaking descent into Weeki Wachee Springs, the deepest spring in
the U.S.
119. Margaret Broussard owns and operates Forever
Florida, a unique ecotourism venture and wonderful piece of Old Florida near
St. Cloud
118. Bob Marx, the most successful finder of
ancient sunken ships and treasure in modern history, also once managed to
reenact Columbus' Voyage of Discovery in every detail--and somehow survived!
117. Amazing Brevardian: Col. Henry Mucci, leader
of the Great Raid to rescue the Bataan Death March survivors, lived almost
unknown in Melbourne Beach for 20 years
116. Old Florida Day: Melbourne opthalmologist Dr. William
Broussard on his recent sale of a conservation easement to the State for his
Crescent J Ranch in Holopaw, and what it means for wilderness lands
115. Sebastian Inlet District Administrator Martin
Smithson talks about the history of the Inlet and big changes underway there
114. FIT's Prof. Jean-Paul Pinelli is developing a
State-funded hurricane "loss model" for more accurate insurance risk
assessment
113. Titusville entrepreneur Joe Hurston flies his
water-purification units to disaster areas around the globe
112. Teacher Dennis Phillips has realized his
lifelong dream of circumnavigating the 5000-mile "America's Great
Loop" in a small boat
111. Dog Day--Miami-based author Mark Derr on our
growing national fascination (or obsession?) with our pets--dogs in particular.
110. Treasure-finder Rob Westrick on the search
for the missing ship of the 1715 treasure fleet
109. Author Blair Witherington on "Florida's
Living Beaches: A Guide for the Curious Beachcomber"
108. An astronaut describes how she became an
astronaut and what it's like to be one
107. Old Florida Day: The Sanford-based author of
several books about Florida’s natural landscape–what’s left and what isn’t.
106. A young local woman who was a finalist on “So
You Think You Can Dance”
105. Our meteorologist from the Melbourne National
Weather Service Office, on the outlook for the 2007 hurricane season
104. The Auburn University ornithologist who is
leading the search for the ivory-billed woodpecker in North Florida
103. Old Florida Day: The Palm Beach County
archaeologist on the drought that has exposed miles of Lake Okeechobee
shoreline and hundreds of formerly submerged archaeological sites
102. A Palm Bay homicide detective who writes
crime novels
101. The “Julia Child” of the Space Coast—a
multimedia food artist on her global adventures
100. Old Florida Day with the owner of the oldest
African-American cemetery in the area
99. The Operations Director of “Friends of
Bats,” a company that does bat removal and exclusion
98. A woman astronaut, commander of NASA’s
NEEMO mission to an undersea research facility
97. “Mango Man,” on a tropical fruit orchard
on S. Merritt Island owned by his family since 1925
96. The writer-in-residence at Oxford
University on his latest action-adventure novel and surfing
95. The director of FAU’s Center of Excellence
in Ocean Energy Technology on various schemes for generating energy from the
ocean
94. A boy who escaped Vietnam by boat and
became Executive Chef at a series of major international hotels, and has now
opened a restaurant in Melbourne, reflecting on his experiences
93. A young painter who has written a book on
how to market one’s artwork
92. The founder of Operation NOW (Not on Our
Watch!), an innovative teen safe driving program
91. Florida’s Statewide Crisis Response
Coordinator, on what she does and how it works
90. Another episode of “Good News Week”
89. A FIT biologist on stem cells—what it’s
all about and what the controversy is based on
88. The author of a book on the
highest-ranking American military office ever convicted of treason, who lived
in Viera
87. An ocean catamaran racer back from the
worlds championships in Brazil
86. A Melbourne ophthalmologist who owns a
Florida cattle ranch and breeds Cracker cattle
85. The co-founder of Space Coast Ballet on
their emigration from Russia and experiences establishing the SCB and a new
performing arts center
84. A Florida Tech electrical engineering
professor who writes mystery thriller novels
83. A Tampa painter on his 1960s painting “The
Barefoot Mailman,” which hung in the old Melbourne Beach P.O. and was recently
rediscovered and donated to a major Miami museum
82. The director of Hubbs-SeaWorld Research
Institute's operations in Florida with an update on progress with their ocean
research center
81. A young woman painter who is not only
highly talented but also an innovative entrepreneur
80. Another episode of “Old Florida Day” with
a professional “cracker storyteller”
79. A Florida Tech space science professor on
the controversy over the definition of “planet”
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8. Another episode of “Good News Week”
77. A Florida Tech biology professor on the
evidence for climate change and what it means
76. A professional medium and spiritualist
talking about what he does and what’s “out there”
75. A former Air Force meteorologist who
administers a Central Florida-based website devoted to tracking and forecasting
hurricanes
74. The former owner of a charter-industry
licensing school who now writes and publishes mystery novels based along the
Treasure Coast
73. A Titusville businessman/entrepreneur and
former missionary pilot who flies self-contained water purification units to
disaster sites around the world and gives them away to save lives
72. The Brevard County Historian, an author
and journalist, telling stories of colorful characters in the area’s past
71. A meteorologist from the Melbourne
National Weather Service Office, on the outlook for the 2006 hurricane season
70. A guy who just finished a 500-mile ocean
catamaran race and is about to do a 1000-mile race
69. The second female licensed charter captain
in the U.S., who wrote a book based on her adventures running a sailing charter
business in the islands
68. Mother’s Day show — inspirational stories
about Moms
67. The Chief Scientist on the Mars Rover
project, talking about the discoveries the long-lived little robots have made
66. A local realtor who had a near-death
experience following a car crash, and a program she and others have developed
to promote teen safe driving, which they hope to take nationwide
65. A prominent local attorney who spent 18
months in Bosnia with a UN agency helping to rebuild a government there after
the civil war, and wrote a book about it
64. A history professor from Florida Tech on
his recently published book on Florida history
63. The two-time women’s world kayak champion
(again) on her most recent exploits
62. The executive director of the Florida
Historical Society on life along the Indian River in the old days
61. A local historian on new research that
proves Ponce de Leon landed on Melbourne Beach
60. A U.S. Navy intelligence analyst and naval
historian on his book about legendary Navy Capt. Charles Stewart
59. The retired News Director of the oldest
and biggest radio station in Atlanta
58. 2005 Year in Review
57. A local songwriter who has a CD of his
original songs climbing the British charts
56. Recap of the record-breaking 2005
hurricane season with an NWS meteorologist
55. A researcher/historian on an archeological
salvage team working a Melbourne Beach wreck
54. An officer from the U.S. Coast Guard
cutter Confidence on their recent patrol doing Hurricane Katrina recovery &
support
53. A local motorcycle designer/builder
(different from #45) who will star in an upcoming reality show on the BBC in
England
52. Revisiting the WWII operation of Col.
Henry Mucci to rescue Bataan Death March survivors, in light of a new movie
about it, “The Great Raid”
51. A local official on his earlier life as an
adventurer on treks such as the search for mokele mbembe, a dinosaur-like
aquatic creature in the Congo
50. A woman who runs Project Backyard Brevard,
with a website and a book on making wildlife habitats in your yard
49. Two NWS meteorologists discussing the
outlook for the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season
48. Two young guys who do jet-ski exhibitions
and stunts in movies and who are trying to establish an “extreme sports”
version of jet-skiing
47. The director of the Florida Puerto
Rican/Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on the status of Hispanics in Florida today
46. A theologian and mythologist on who/what
human beings are
45. A leading designer/builder of motorcycle
choppers who is a celebrity in the chopper world
44. IndianHarbour Beach is first
“Tsunami-ready Community” on East Coast–w/ NWS meteorologist
43. A discussion of Cryptozoology with a local
adventurer and writer
42. Dog Day #2 with a Miami-based author of
books about dogs and the dog-human relationship
41. The retired high school principal who
coached the first black football team in Florida to break the color barrier and
win the state championship
40. Odd News #1
39. “Old Florida Day #3”—with the Viera land
use manager who’s a good ol’ boy
38. A Canadian two-time world record holder in
kayak racing
37. NASA’s Cassini Mission Manager on the
mission to Saturn and its findings so far
36. The writer-in-residence at Oxford
University on his latest action-adventure novel
35. The owner of “Forever Florida”, a nature
preserve and working cattle ranch
34. An archaeologist on his search for the
trail of Jesus’ family in Egypt and a resulting TV documentary
33. Boom-Boom Benny Koske—a professional
daredevil nearing retirement
32. Billy Cox—Extreme Stories
31. Good News Week #3
30. A Brevard-based woman author of books
about notorious murderers and serial killers
29. Hurricane Heroes--stories about people who
went out of their way to help others
during the storms
28. "Old Florida Day #2"--with
Patrick Smith, noted author of books about old-time Florida
27. UFO Day--discussing UFOs and media
attitudes toward them with a newspaper columnist
26. Good News Week #2
25. Discussing the medical-related proposed
amendments to the Florida Constitution with a proponent and opponent
24. A Florida Institute of Technology
meteorology professor talking about hurricanes
23. Florida Today newspaper's hurricane
expert, talking about hurricanes
22. A meteorologist from the Melbourne
National Weather Service Office, talking about hurricanes
21. Old Florida Day" --talking about the
old days with a fifth-generation Floridian who owns a landmark restaurant in
the area
20. The head of the Hubbs-SeaWorld Research
Institute's operations in Florida who's building an ocean research center
19. An up-and-coming young author who teaches
writing at the University of Miami
18. Arguably the best painter in the area, a
woman from Australia
17. The legendary Shuttle Launch Director,
whose career spanned from Mercury to Space Station
16. Alocal author of science fiction novels
15. The nation's foremost bridge
"detailer"--who also loves to fly his private jets
14. Good News Week--all about the uplifting
and positive things that have happened recently and that don't make the news
13. A former Nashville songwriter who is now a
Titusville-based humorist and writer of books about a zany character called
Thurmond
12. The young, super-dynamic director of the
Brevard Zoo who is leaving to go fulfill her real dream to be a wildlife
painter
11. The same guy again talking about his
earlier reenactment of famous "voyages of discovery" such as
Columbus'
10. A treasure and pirate ship finder/explorer
who's a pirate himself--the most successful one ever (more than Mel Fisher)
9. Developer Extraordinaire--a local resort
developer who first made millions in software and now is funding international
projects to build up the economies of Third World countries
8. The NASA scientist in charge of the Mars
Greenhouse--a simulator for growing plants in Mars-like conditions
7. Boomer--a local musician (a "crossover
classical percussionist") who has 5 CDs out under the Sony label
6. Florist To the Stars (local flower-shop owner
who does the floral designs for the Academy Awards)
5. Culinary Trends: What's Cooking?
4. Dog
Day--all about dogs with the head of the Space Coast Kennel Club
3. The impact of the Internet on our lives so far
2. On Col. Henry Mucci, who led the raid to
rescue the Bataan Death March survivors and who spent the last 20 years of his
life in Melbourne Beach
1. A treasure and pirate ship finder/explorer
who's an underwater archaeologist