Weekender

Hi!  Today’s my birthday — yes, Friday the 13th — and I’m hoping you’ll [...]

Hi!  I hope you had a great Thanksgiving if you celebrated it. Mine was nice. I don’t have much to [...]

Hi!  Before we start, I have a favor to ask. It’s a simple one: If you’ve read my newest [...]

Hi!  On Wednesday, I ran a re-run. I wasn’t planning on it. Here’s why. “A shot in the [...]

Hi!  We live in a very polarized political world — in the U.S. in particular, but I have a feeling [...]

Hi!  Last week, I asked you to let me know if you liked this format — a more personal, [...]

Hi! When I first started Now I Know in June of 2010, I wanted to make it personal — something from me [...]

1) “The Surreal End of an American College” (The Atlantic, 17 minutes, June 2019). The subhead: [...]

1) “A 42,000-Year-Old Man Finally Goes Home” (Smithsonian Magazine, 23 minutes, August 2019). The [...]

1) “The Snakes That Ate Florida” (Smithsonian, 28 minutes, July 2019). An invasive species is [...]