The Essay Episodes Available now
The Benefit of Doubt—Art and Uncertainty
Margaret Heffernan explores how artists embrace uncertainty to create their work.
A Dying Breed—Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns
Convent-educated, lapsed Catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.
The Rebels—Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns
Convent-educated, lapsed catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.
Class and the Convent—Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns
Convent-educated, lapsed catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.
Liberated Women—Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns
Convent-educated, lapsed Catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.
Chastity and Lots of Praying—Behind the Veil: The story of Irish nuns
Convent-educated, lapsed Catholic Olivia O'Leary asks where all the Irish nuns have gone.
In the Lives of Salmon—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth journeys to the Yukon River to investigate our relationship with salmon.
In the Land of Reindeer—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth explores the impact of reindeers' sensitivity to the Arctic climate.
In the Company of Walruses—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Historian Bathsheba Demuth seeks human and animal traces in the Arctic ice and tundra.
In the Country of Whales—Postcards from the Floating Coast
Bathsheba Demuth examines how different Arctic peoples have valued bowhead whales.
