Digging Up the Bones

There's a lot that can be gained from unearthing the past -- learning about oneself, learning about others. But, it doesn't always go how you'd expect. Prologue: Host Ira talks with producer Emanuele Berry about the man who tried to find one of history’s — and literature’s — most storied cities. (8 minutes) Family Plot: Producer Lina Misitzis travels to Greece with her family to exhume the bones of her dead grandmother. (20 minutes) Next of Kindle: After his mother passes, a man unearths her book collection… and is surprised. (6 1/2 minutes) A Curious Bone: David Kestenbaum tells the story of a man on the verge of one of the greatest scientific discoveries of all time … right on the verge. (4 minutes) Revision Quest: In her forties, Jill Ciment wrote about the love of her life. Twenty years later, she’s writing something new about the exact same thing. (15 minutes)