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Trader’s Alley: Wildlife’s Fading Footprints

A tour the zoo’s evocative new exhibit pathway, with a look at the controversial world of wildlife trafficking. Zoo Atlanta's staff discuss facts on tigers, sun bears and Asian turtles, and explains what the zoo is doing to enlighten guests about this critical conservation crisis.

Black Male Empowerment Conference: Keynote Address

Black Male Empowerment Conference: Keynote Address

At a conference called "Moving Forward While Reaching Back", Dekalb County Georgia Commissioner Lee May talks about empowering leaders. Image

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb: Impact of the Highly Improbable

Nassim Nicholas Taleb, renowned expert on risk and randomness, discusses The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable.

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates

Wes Moore, combat veteran and former White House Fellow, discusses chance, fate, family, and accountability and his new book The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates. He then introduces representatives from non-profit organizations that work to provide opportunity for at-risk students.

Anya Kamenetz: DIY U: The Coming Transformation of Higher Education

Anya Kamenetz: DIY U: The Coming Transformation of Higher Education

Anya Kamenetz discusses her new book, DIY U: Edupunks, Edupreneurs, and the Coming Transformation of Higher Education. The price of college tuition has increased more than any other major good or service for the last twenty years.

Scott Turow: Setting Thrilling Legal and Novel Precedents

Scott Turow: Setting Thrilling Legal and Novel Precedents

Scott Simon, host of NPR's Weekend Edition Saturday, talks with Scott Turow about his career as an author and a lawyer and how his work inspires his fiction.

Coral Reefs, Hermit Crabs, and Tube Worms (Part 2)

Randi Rotjan, a coral ecologist at the New England Aquarium in Boston, shares stories from her time spent studying coral reefs. Randi has been stung by jellyfish, coral, you name it.

Coral Reefs, Hermit Crabs, and Tube Worms (Part 1)

Randi Rotjan, a coral ecologist at the New England Aquarium in Boston, shares stories from her time spent studying coral reefs. Randi has been stung by jellyfish, coral, you name it.