Wonder Cabinet

Filmmaker Laura Stewart on how being filmed affects documentary subjects, and how that affects the truth you can tell.

Supersized slabs of juicy ribs cooked over a wood fire until the meat slides right off the bone. Food doesn't get more American than barbecue. It's part of our roots. And it's tangled up in our racial history. In this hour, we celebrate barbecue and explore its secret history. Barbecue: America's National Folk Food; The Queen of Barbecue; Barbecue and Racism; KC BBQ; Man Alive!: Struck by Barbecue.

"We live by wild mercy," Terry Tempest Williams writes. In this hour, she takes us to some of her favorite national parks, from Big Bend to Arches. We also explore the desert wilderness of Utah's Escalante area, and hear about a father and daughter's remarkable adventure into the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. Lauret Savoy says the American landscape also has a complicated history that can't be separated from the country's racism. And Robert Moor talks about the wisdom of trails. A Father and Daughter Venture Into the Alaskan Wild; Terry Tempest Williams on National Parks; Desert Mind; Land, Race, Memory; The Wisdom of Trails.

David Byrne talks about how music works.

Are there certain acts, certain people who are beyond forgiveness? When you’re hurt and the only way out of toxic bitterness and resentment is to let go, how do you summon the resolve to reach out to the person who hurt you most? This hour, the keys to living a more forgiving life. Reconciling With My Rapist; How Does It Feel To Forgive?; The Four Key Steps To Forgiveness; Making Peace With My Father, With Help From Dante; Hari Kunzru on American Guilt.

Your name is a collection of sounds and syllables that identify you. It's your tag, handle, label, second skin.  It's written on your birth certificate and it'll be inscribed on your grave.  But what does it actually mean?  Names carry family dreams, expectations and legacies.  In this episode, stories about the power and politics of names -- how they shape us and how we shape them.  What does your name say about you? Me, Myself and My Name; What Not To Name Your Baby; The Man Who Wasn't Charles Lindbergh; The Power of Names; David Byrne is Thinking About How Music Works.

Mark Frost takes us deep inside the secret history of Twin Peaks.

"Twin Peaks" co-creator Mark Frost takes a deep dive into the history of the strange Pacific Northwest town and its surreal residents in “The Secret History of Twin Peaks.”

What's more important -- skill or luck? And how do you get more of each? Gambling with 100% Skill; Is there an Equation for Success?; Choreographer Bill T. Jones on the Randomness of Musician John Cage; Poker Legend Annie Duke on Luck; BookMark: Julie Schumacher recommends Saramago's "Elephant's Journey"; Calculus of Love - John and Julie Gottman.

Do chimpanzees have spiritual experiences? A remarkable discovery in West Africa suggests they might.