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The Greatest Show on Earth is a stunning counterattack on advocates of "Intelligent Design," explaining the evidence for evolution while exposing the absurdities of the creationist "argument". Dawkins sifts through rich layers of scientific evidence: from living examples of natural selection to clues in the fossil record; from natural clocks that mark the vast epochs wherein evolution ran its course to the intricacies of developing embryos; from plate tectonics to molecular genetics.

With a wealth of never-before-accessed materials, Heather Clark brings to life the brilliant Sylvia Plath, who had precocious poetic ambition and was an accomplished published writer even before she became a star at Smith College. Refusing to read Plath’s work as if her every act was a harbinger of her tragic fate, Clark considers the sociopolitical context as she thoroughly explores Plath’s world.

In 1967, 21-year-old Pauline Butcher was working for a London secretarial agency when a call came through from a Mr Frank Zappa asking for a typist. The assignment would change her life forever. For three years, Pauline served as Zappa's PA, moving with him, his family and the Mothers of Invention to a log cabin in the Hollywood Hills, where the straight young English girl mixed with Oscar winners and rock royalty.

In 2006, Bob Dylan created Theme Time Radio Hour, a radio program like no other. Each episode a deep dive on a different theme: coffee, mothers, jail, baseball, time, Christmas and more. 101 installments full of Bob’s wealth of knowledge on that suggested subject, along with pertinent music from around the world and across the sands of time. And now, Bob Dylan returns to the Abernathy Building with an all new Theme Time Radio Hour, his first in more than 10 years.  It’s all about whiskey.  And it’s a double.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices