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Why Flying is Miserable and How to Fix It
Why Flying is Miserable and How to Fix It

Vanderbilt law professor Ganesh Sitaraman explains why cramped seats, long delays, and filthy toilets are a direct result of bipartisan efforts to ‘fix’ the airline industry.

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Ira WoodJanuary 10, 2024Comment
An Israeli Citizen Confront's Her Country's Inconvenient Truths
An Israeli Citizen Confront's Her Country's Inconvenient Truths

Born and raised in Ottoman Palestine, UMass professor Linda Dittmar returns to her homeland to search out the destroyed villages and acknowledge the trauma endured by Arab Israelis.

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Ira WoodJanuary 10, 2024Comment
Surrendering After 23 Years on the Run
Surrendering After 23 Years on the Run

After 14 years on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted List, 23 years in hiding, and 6 years in prison, anti-war activist Katherine Ann Power tells all in her new book, Surrender.

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Ira WoodJanuary 10, 2024Comment
Are Single Parent Households Shortchanging Kids?
Are Single Parent Households Shortchanging Kids?

We don’t like to admit it but kids with one parent at home just do not get enough. Economics professor Melissa Kearney crunches the data in: The Two Parent Privilege: How Americans Stopped Getting Married and Started Falling Behind.

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Ira WoodJanuary 10, 2024Comment
The Fascinating Freakiness of Twins
The Fascinating Freakiness of Twins

In How to Be Multiple Wellesley College philosophy professor Helena De Bres explores what twin-dom teaches us about human connection, self-hood, how we love, and who we are.

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Ira WoodNovember 27, 2023Comment
Psychotherapy with Magic Mushrooms
Psychotherapy with Magic Mushrooms

Psychotherapist Wilderness Sarchild, licensed to treat patients with the psychedelic drug psilocybin tells us everything we need to know about the journey.

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Ira WoodOctober 10, 2023Comment
The Life of Bob Dylan Through the Eyes of his Back-up Bands
The Life of Bob Dylan Through the Eyes of his Back-up Bands

In Pledging My Time, musicologist Ray Padget collected 60 years of stories about Bob Dylan through the memories of the many musicians with whom he shared the stage.

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Ira WoodOctober 10, 2023Comment
Cocktails, Convenience Stores, and Cancer Cures: How Ice Changed the World
Cocktails, Convenience Stores, and Cancer Cures: How Ice Changed the World

Amy Brady recounts the very cool history of ice and how a visionary from Boston convinced people who had never even seen it to love it. Hint: Frozen Daiquiris.

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Ira WoodOctober 10, 2023Comment
Saving the Home of a Bauhaus Pioneer
Saving the Home of a Bauhaus Pioneer

Marcel Bruer was one of America’s most innovative designers. If his Wellfleet retreat—containing priceless relics of the Bauhaus movement—hits the market, it will be demolished.

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Ira WoodOctober 10, 2023Comment
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