Outlaw Ocean

Guest: Ian Urbina, investigative reporter, The New York Times, and author, "Outlaw Ocean"

There are very few untamed regions left on our planet. Perhaps the most dangerous, unregulated, and least understood are the watery depths of the world’s oceans. Author and journalist Ian Urbina weighs in on the wild criminality that often characterizes these unclaimed waters.

 

Three Kings Day

Guest: Brent Landau, Senior Lecturer, Religious Studies ,University of Texas at Austin, and English translator, "Revelation of the Magi: The Lost Tale of the Wise Men's Journey to Bethlehem"

The "Revelation of the Magi" is an apocryphal text that may shed new light on the Magi’s lives and journey, and presents an interesting perspective on the idea of revelation.  

 

Cloud Poetry

Guest: Gavin Pretor-Pinney, founder, Cloud Appreciation Society, and author, "The Cloudspotter’s Guide," and “A Cloud a Day”

Feeling like you’ve got a cloud hanging over you?  Listen in and maybe you’ll start to think that’s a good thing.

 

Great Books of 2019

Guest: Rachel Wadham, Education and Juvenile Literature Librarian and regular contributor to The Lisa Show, weekdays at 8 am ET/7 am PT

2019 was the year of sequels wrapping up. Tune in to catch up on what you might have missed. Then look ahead at 2020 because there are biographies you won't want your kids to miss this year!