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Dr Lexi Lord, Interview, Doctor’s Orders

Smithsonian Associates, Interview Series: Alexandra, “Lexi,” Lord, chair and curator of the division of medicine and science at the Smithsonian American History Museum, explores the medical and public health advances of the ’20s and places them in a...

Game of Thrones, Season 7, Deborah Riley, Production Design

Art of Living series, Smithsonian Associates: For devoted followers of HBO’s Game of Thrones, the Seven Kingdoms of Westeros is a land they know intimately. Its castle halls, towering battlements, starkly beautiful landscapes, and torch-lit chambers are places that...

Captain America Super Soldier, Science or Science Fiction

Art of Living Interview series, Smithsonian Associates: Captain America’s Super-Soldier Serum: 1940s Fantasy Meets Modern Biotechnology This is a special interview.  The Not Old Better audience loves our science fiction!  Plus, some of Marvel’s characters are among my...

Dr Cindy Otto: Working Dogs as Saviors in the Post 9/11 World

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...

Robyn Muncy: The Women’s Vote: The 19th Amendment

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,...