The Last Butterflies, Cribsheet, Trail of Tears, Dark Side of the Moon

How to Save Endangered Butterfly Species Guest: Nick Haddad, Professor of Integrative Biology, Michigan State University, and author of "The Last Butterflies: A Scientist's Quest to Save a Rare and Vanishing Creature" When you think of endangered animals you might think of tigers or pandas or eagles, but what about butterflies? Butterfly conservationist Nick Haddad talks about the struggle to track and protect endangered butterfly species on the brink of extinction. Let’s Debunk Some Baby Myths Guest: Emily Oster, Associate Professor, Economics, Brown University, and author, "Cribsheet, a Data-Driven Guide to Better, More Relaxed Parenting From Birth to Preschool" Economics—or the dismal science, as it is sometimes called—is anything but attractive to most of the world. But what happens when you pair economic techniques with babies? Fairy Tales and Retold Tales Guest: Rachel Wadham, Education and Juvenile Literature Librarian at the BYU Library and host of Worlds Awaiting, a weekly program for grownups who care about children’s literacy  Everyone knows the classic fairy tales--Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Snow White--but sometimes authors will retell these beloved fairy tales in new ways. Now there's a sci-fi Cinderella story in space, a musical gangster version of Romeo and Juliet, and more. Find out how fairy tales and their retelling help us understand our humanity through a new lens. A New Generation Learns about the Trail of Tears  Guest: Adrienne Smith, Coordinator, imagiNATIONS Activity Center, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian  When a small group of Cherokee Indians agreed that ALL Cherokees would give up their lands and move west, we ended up with the Trail of Tears, and the country was forever altered for both natives and whites. Listen to the whole story. Why Can’t We See the Far Side of the Moon? Guest: Wayne Schlingman, Director, Arne Slettebak Planetarium, The Ohio State University We have all looked up and been stunned by the beauties of the night sky. But we act