Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, describes how the science on climate change has changed throughout his career and details his own experiences witnessing those changes on the ground in the Arctic.

Lacanian psychoanalyst Bruce Fink visits the show to discuss Jacques Lacan's thoughts and writing on love.

As technological advancement leads us to confront an ever-larger bombardment of information, we have to ask ourselves: which of all this information is true or accurate?  Today's guest believes we can tell the difference between solid data and media junk if we learn how.  He's here to help us begin that important process of learning discernment amid an ocean of media.

Marcus Smith interviews a historian, Ronit Stahl, about the U.S. military chaplaincy and its role in shaping the relationship between religion and state. 

Marcus Smith speaks with Smithsonian naturalist Darrin Lunde about Theodore Roosevelt's lesser-known passion for the science of naturalism.

Historian Daniel Horowitz, author of the book "Happier? The History of a Cultural Movement That Aspired to Transform America," discusses the results of America's draw towards positive psychology and the happiness.

Philosopher Henrik Syse shares his thoughts about using the memory of trauma to form universal connections rather than fuel conflict.

Mark Serreze, director of the National Snow and Ice Data Center, describes how the science on climate change has changed throughout his career and details his own experiences witnessing those changes on the ground in the Arctic.

Competitive bronc riding is still alive and mostly well in some corners of the United States, and one family, as a three-generation dynasty, has dominated this colorful sport for decades: the Wrights of Southern Utah. 

We’re joined by John Branch, author of “The Last Cowboys: A Pioneer Family in the New West.” Can there ever be another Wright family, or are they really the last cowboys?

John Eason, author of Big House on the Prairie: Rise of the Rural Ghetto and Prison Proliferation, joins us to explain the politics and economics of the prison boom and why so many small towns in the American Midwest want massive new prisons built near them.