Studs Terkel, the oral historian on This American Life and Public Radio Redux, was a lovely person.
I really like this On Being piece, “Life, Faith and Death“.
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Studs_Terkel
Date Archives → December 2014
Evolution speeding up
Last-Minute Changes – Scientific orthodoxy says that human evolution stopped a long time ago. Did it? – http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123440723977275883.html
10,000 Year Explosion – http://www.2blowhards.com/archives/2009/01/a_week_with_gre_2.html
Howard Bloom – http://howardbloom.net/instant_evolution.htm
And, of course A Troublesome Inheritance: Genes, Race and Human History by Nicholas Wade