Ken Copp, Strategic Technical Advisor, American Transmission Company, and Dennis Bahr, Director, Research and Development, Helionx walk through the basics of how electricity works and how it gets from the power plant to our homes.
John Hawks, Associate Professor, Department of Anthropology, UW-Madison, explores new DNA discoveries that show Neanderthals from Asia and Europe mixed into our ancestors' gene pool along with a previously unknown group called the "Denisovans."
Richard Hirsh, Professor, Department of History, Virginia Tech, explains the origins of regulation in the American electric utility system and explains its close tie to technical innovation. Hirsh also delves into deregulation and its effects on the energy industry.
Lyonpo Yeshey Zimba, Minister of Works and Human Settlement, Bhutan, discusses using Gross National Happiness as an alternative to the Gross National Product.
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Deborah Blum, Professor, School of Journalism and Mass Communication, UW-Madison, delves into the history of spiritualism and the Society for Psychical Research in America.
Richard Bangs travels to Morocco on a quest for the modern-day equivalent of the Kasbah, the walled residential quarters around Moroccan cities. Bangs begins his journey in Marrakesh, where he dips down to the seashore, travels over the mountains to Ouarzaz...
Richard Bangs travels to Morocco on a quest for the modern-day equivalent of the Kasbah, the walled residential quarters around Moroccan cities. Bangs begins his journey in Marrakesh, where he dips down to the seashore, travels over the mountains to Ouarzaz...