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Why is Jerry Brown, a well-known national figure, taking a job as a mayor of a mid-sized city? Brown was recently sworn in as chief executive of Oakland, California. He says national politics in America has bottomed out. He argues that it’s in cities like Oakland that America’s democracy can be revived and solutions can […]

Jim Hightower comments on names of wildlife organizations that sound too green to be true  ? and are.

Don’t call him a science-fiction writer: Harlan Ellison considers himself the heir to Edgar Allan Poe, Franz Kafka, and Jorge Luis Borges. As a writer of “speculative fiction,” he has turned out hundreds of short stories over the last 50 years. He has also worked on TV shows like the original “Star Trek,” and “The Outer Limits.” Kurt asks Ellison about his brash reputation and about the documentary about him, now out on DVD, called “Dreams With Sharp Teeth.”

2010 may be coming to an end, but a whole new year of news and culture awaits in 2011. All week long, we’ll be talking with big thinkers about what they’re anticipating ?from new movies to world events. Today, our subject is science, and our guest is the one and only Dr. Michio Kaku, theoretical […]

Today, the widely anticipated ‘Hot Tub Time Machine’ hits theatres nationwide. The film centers on a hot tub that transports its characters through time, back to the more innocent year of 1986. Why is time travel so compelling?