by Paul Vogelzang | May 19, 2017 | Art of Living
Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates: The nose knows. A dog’s nose has 300 million olfactory receptors, humans about 6 million. Because of their heightened sense of smell, highly trained dogs are now bomb-sniffing, drug-interdiction, search-and-rescue, and...
by Paul Vogelzang | May 17, 2017 | Art of Living
Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates: When the 19th Amendment was ratified on Aug. 26, 1920, the status of many American women didn’t change much. For one thing, women in many states had full voting rights well before the federal amendment passed. For another,...
by Paul Vogelzang | May 16, 2017 | Art of Living
Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates: Welcome to The Not Old Better Show, I’m your host, Paul Vogelzang. As part of our Smithsonian Associates partnership program, our guest today, Johanna Mendelson Forman, is an expert on the relationship between food,...
by Paul Vogelzang | May 15, 2017 | Art of Living
Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates: “A total eclipse pulls back the curtain that is the daytime sky, exposing what is above our heads but unseen at any other time: the solar system. Suddenly, you perceive our blazing sun as never before, flanked by...
by Paul Vogelzang | May 14, 2017 | Art of Living
Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates: In September, 2016, the National Gallery of Art’s East Building, which houses the modern art collection, reopened after three years of renovation. Along with the renovation of existing galleries and construction of new...
by Paul Vogelzang | Apr 30, 2017 | Art of Living
Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates: Our guest today, Robert Wyatt, an American music specialist, researcher and pianist, and presenter of the Smithsonian Associates event, Jerome Kern the godfather of American Musical Theater, says Jerome Kern did it all,...