2014-2015 Common Book: The Best American Science and Nature Writing 2013: Related Videos and Podcasts

Mukherjee: The Cancer Puzzle

In this lecture for POP! Media by Siddhartha Mukherjee, he discusses his book "The Emperor of All Maladies."

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Musical Minds with Dr. Oliver Sacks
From Films on Demand, this is an episode of Nova from 2009 about how some of us are hardwired to like music, write music, and make music
Nobility: A look at the future through the eyes of Nobel Laureates
Steve Weinberg is featured in this documentary about our changing world. From Films on Demand
Geoscientist: Diving Deep
About Sylvia Earle's Deepwater project. From Films on Demand
The Elegant Universe: The 11th Dimension
PBS documentary about the Fermilab Center for Particle Physics, discussed in the article "Is Space Digital?" From Films on Demand

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Interview with Rick Bass
Interview on Montana Public radio. Via PRX
The Sixth Extinction
An interview of Elizabeth Kolbert by Slate magazine
The Spillover of Animal Infections to Humans
David Quammen is interviewed, podcast by Scientific American
Michael C. Hall analyzes Dexter's Mind
Featuring Kevin Dutton, from Scientific American
Are you a Psychopath?
Interview with Kevin Dutton
Jerome Groopman on Fresh Air
Discussing his book Anatomy of Hope in 2004
Life Off the Grid
An interview with Michelle Nijhuis and her family about living off the grid in Colorado
The 'Worm' That Could Bring Down the Internet
Mark Bowden is interviewed by Terry Gross on Fresh Air from NPR. They discuss his 2011 book Worm: The First Digital World War.

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