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- MacArthur's Spies: Spies in Japanese Occupied WW2 ManillaWe’re joined by Peter Eisner, author of "McArthur’s Spies: The soldier, the singer and the spymaster who defied the Japanese in WW2."His book tells a story fantastic as fiction, but every bit history. It’s a true account of underground resistance and undercover operatives in occupied Manilla following MacArthur’s retreat.30 min
- History of Human SpaceflightJoining us today on Thinking Aloud is Ted Spitzmiller, author of The History of Human Spaceflight. His new book charts the progress of humanity’s struggle to reach the stars. It’s a story that takes us from the first gliders, balloons, and primitive rockets all the way to the current technological aspirations of public organizations like NASA and private entrepreneurs like Elon Musk.29 min
- It Didn't Start With You: Generational TraumaMark Wolynn, author of “It Didn’t Start With You: How Inherited Family Trauma Shapes Who We Are and How to End the Cycle.” Wolynn believes that our family history can hold the key to healing from many of the issues and complications that all too often hold us—and our DNA—hostage.29 min
- Culture Behind Dine and Navajo MusicKristina Jacobsen has written a book titled “The Sound of Navajo Country.” What is that sound, or set of sounds, and who can take it all in with full appreciation? Jacobsen wanted to. She did some serious homework, which included becoming a member of a Navajo Country Band.29 min
- Where the Water Goes: Managing the Colorado RiverIn climates where water is scarce plants and animals develop coping methods, like how a cacti's spines keep thirsty creatures from munching on it.In the parched American west people can get a little spiny too over water rights. Tune in tonight to hear how the Colorado river, a precious resource that millions depend on, is closely regulated to make sure every drop is accounted for.29 min
- Jill Jonnes: Urban Forests--A History of Trees and People in American Cities (rebroadcast)Trees are everywhere in most parts of the United States. This is true not only if you live in a forest, but markedly so in urban areas as well. Today's guest has studied trees in cities and has discovered important things: that their presence in a community increases everyone's longevity, emotional health, and overall happiness. Why trees matter is the focus of today's Thinking Aloud.29 min
- Gillian Beer: Alice In Space--Lewis Carroll in the Victorian AgeGillian Beer argues in her new book "Alice in Space" that Lewis Carroll used the themes and new thinking of his Victorian world to create the magical story of Alice in Wonderland. Host Marcus Smith journeys down the rabbit hole to discuss it with her.29 min
- Erin Kaseda and Wendy Birmingham: Marital Stress and the BrainMarcus Smith deliberates with BYU researchers Erin Kaseda and Wendy Birmingham, exploring what happens to our brains and bodies when we experience seemingly unremarkable marital conflict.29 min
- James Maskalyk: Emergency Room DoctorMarcus Smith interviews James Maskalyk, an emergency room physician, teacher, and member of Doctors Without Borders.29 min
- Sam Quinones: Other Heroine--America's Exploding Addiction to Rx Opiates (rebroadcast)
Starting in the late 1990s, an explosion of addiction to prescribed painkillers began to sweep America. Addiction to opiates is now found everywhere, in rich cities and poor rural counties and among all races and social classes. What few people realize is that it is also a common gateway to heroin addiction, a drug which has also come roaring back of late in part because of historically low prices for it. The journalist Sam Quinones has written the definitive book on this important, debilitating social phenomenon. He’s hear to talk about it with host Marcus Smith on today’s Thinking Aloud.
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