Before the time of commercial flights and road trips, we traveled to far off places without taking a single step.

All you had to do was open a book. From Africa to England, to a kamikaze cockpit, and to realms of fantasy. Books aren’t just books. They’re passports to anywhere. This hour, we’re traveling by book.

Original Air Date: * *March 14, 2020

*Guests: *

Philip Pullman — Ruth Ozeki — Robert Macfarlane — Petina Gappah

*Interviews In This Hour: *

Philip Pullman on 'The Pocket Atlas of the World' — 'His Dark Materials' Author Philip Pullman On The Consciousness Of All Things — A Diary Becomes A Time Capsule — Ruth Ozeki on 'Kamikaze Diaries — Petina Gappah on 'Persuasion' — The Empire Writes Back: Author Discusses Explorer David Livingstone's Complicated Legacy — Robert Macfarlane on 'The Living Mountain'