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In the struggle to shape what life on earth will be like years from now, visionary futurists inspire us with dread and hope at turns. Author Brenda Cooper…

Little House on the Prairie is a classic American children’s series. The books follow the life and challenges of the Ingalls family as told by their…

Northwesterners and people around the world have been inspired by Bill McKibben’s prolific environmental activism. McKibben took some time off from his…

Denver poet Diana Khoi Nguyen's family is haunted by bees. It's easier for them to speak about the bees than it is to speak about her brother's suicide.…

Ross Reynolds talks to Zen Buddhist and palliative-care nurse Sallie Tisdale, about death, grieving, and her new book, "Advice For Future Corpses: A…

It seems there’s a "how things work" theme on Speakers Forum recently. Last week it was tides, this week, bees.Our guide is Thor Hanson, an uber-biologist…

You probably remember the World Cup last month. But you might not remember the previous major FIFA event: a massive string of arrests for money laundering…

Before you listen to this talk by Jonathan White, you might want to be somewhere by the sea as the moon rises or sets. That would be ideal. If not that,…

The city of Flint, Michigan represents the height of American ingenuity, productivity and economic progress — and also the mirror opposite. What was once…