#202 Stephen Engle – The New South

#202 Stephen Engle – The New South

Smithsonian Associates, Art of Living Interview Series My guest today is Prof. Stephen Engle, expert on the South, it’s culture, society, politics and influence on the United States. It has been said that we may not know where the American South is anymore, but...
#199 The Wrong Side of History – Richard Bell

#199 The Wrong Side of History – Richard Bell

The Smithsonian Associates Interview Series The loyalists were the losers of the American Revolution.  Americans who rejected independence and who fought to keep the colonies safely within the bosom of the British Empire forfeited almost everything when the patriots...
#198 Dr. David Reich – Who We Are, The New Science of DNA

#198 Dr. David Reich – Who We Are, The New Science of DNA

Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science series, I’m your host Paul Vogelzang, this is episode #198. As part of our Smithsonian Associates, Inside Science series, our guest today on the Not Old...
#196 Dr. Alan Jasanoff, The Biological Mind

#196 Dr. Alan Jasanoff, The Biological Mind

Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series: We often consider the brain as the seat of our personal identity and our autonomy. But according to our guest today, Alan Jasanoff, director of the MIT Center for Neurobiological Engineering, the way we talk about it is often...
#195 Kevin Tervala: African Art & The Struggle for Independence

#195 Kevin Tervala: African Art & The Struggle for Independence

Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series Our interview today is with Harvard’s Kevin Tervala.  Kevin Tervala studies creativity in sub-Saharan Africa. Trained as an art and architectural historian, he is broadly interested in how environmental conditions shape...