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Biologist turned perfumer Elise Vernon Pearlstine turns our human centered perception of fragrance on its head and investigates plant evolutionary reasons for creating aromatic molecules. She joins This Green Earth to talk about her research, and her new book Scent: A Natural History of Fragrance.
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Amber O’Neal Johnston, an established authority on including diverse voices in traditional curricula, looks at how children learn the values that will inform how they move through the world in her new book, A PLACE TO BELONG: Celebrating Diversity and Kinship in the Home and Beyond.
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Psychologist, author and speaker Daniel Pink joins The Mountain Life to discuss his book The Power of Regret: How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward. It was an instant NYT bestseller about the transforming power of our most misunderstood yet potentially most valuable emotion: regret.
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On today's The Mountain Life, Lynn and Pete are joined by Sarah Fay, an award-winning writer and journalist on the faculty at Northwestern. Her book, PATHOLOGICAL: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses --is a cautionary tale about blindly accepting a psychiatric diagnosis.
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Pulitzer Prize winner Matt Richtel, who brings some new discoveries about what it takes to be creative, joins today's The Mountain Life. His new book is INSPIRED: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul.
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On today's The Mountain Life, Pete and Lynn’s guests include: (01:10) Pulitzer Prize winner Matt Richtel who brings some new discoveries about what it takes to be creative. His new book is INSPIRED: Understanding Creativity: A Journey Through Art, Science, and the Soul. Then, (27:12) Sarah Fay, an award-winning writer and journalist on the faculty at Northwestern. Her book, PATHOLOGICAL: The True Story of Six Misdiagnoses --is a cautionary tale about blindly accepting a psychiatric diagnosis.
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National parks lovers rejoice! Author Michael Oswald shares his new book on America's National ParksMichael Oswald, author of Your Guide to the National Parks, talks about his comprehensive new book detailing America's National Parks.
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Author and historian Elena Conis comes on to talk about her new book, How to Sell a Poison: The Rise, Fall and Toxic Return of DDT. This deeply researched book provides a well-articulated explanation of how dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) was sold, mis-regulated and resold.
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World class pediatric surgeon, social scientist, and bestselling author Dr. Dana Suskind will share her revelatory new book, Parent Nation: Unlocking Every Child's Potential.
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Joining today's Cool Science Radio is cognitive psychologist Doctor Brian Butterworth, who works on the abilities and disabilities of our numerical processing. His new book is, Can Fish Count? What Animals Reveal About Our Uniquely Mathematical Minds.