Constant Wonder

How different cultures approach land ownership. Reconstructing what the Earth might look like in thousands of years as all the continents drift back together again.

Why we don't all talk like New Yorkers. Sam Payne tells a curious story about a magpie trap.

Moscow's race to transformed itself. Backstage with Rachel Brosnahan and other actors from "The Courier."

Interconnected global trade brings prosperity. Money is the most valuable fiction we have ever created.

An art historian shares the life of Carleton Watkins, arguably the greatest photographer in the American West. NPR's Steve Inskeep discusses his newest book, "Imperfect Union," and explains how Jessie and John Frémont forever changed the American West.

Fig trees help maintain biodiversity. A crusade to bring back beavers to the world's waterways.

A cancer survivor dispels the myths and stigmas of cancer survivorship. Nancy Frates, co-creator of the ALS ice bucket challenge, explains how the movement took off.

The lives of six first-class passengers on the Titanic showcase the tensions of Edwardian society. How Rasputin brought down a dynasty.

Tarpons fight back when they're caught on the line. "Moby-Dick" teaches us about our relationship to the ocean.

Mad King George would've been a perfect royal for the internet age. Why the abdication crisis of 1936 shook the English monarchy.