Life Slices

Mary Peachin is an adrenaline junkie. She's been skydiving, bungee jumping and scuba diving with whale sharks. And at 80, she's preparing for a new adventure and searching for more.

More from New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline, talking about her new novel, The Exiles, getting her books made for TV and film and more.

Author Christina Baker Kline is a bona fide New York Times bestseller and proves she can be just as engaging in person as on the page. Join us for some fun stories from the world of a successful novelist. 

Pastor Ron Buford created an organization, modeled after Alcoholics Anonymous, to help everyone, religious or not, to confront their own racist leanings.

The novel, Jaws, and the movie based on it, portrayed a monstrous Great White shark and we have come to color all sharks the same. But, as Shark Listener, Christina Zenato, teaches us, not all sharks are the same. Find out why we should appreciate and revere them on Lifeslices.

More of Steve's conversation with KIRO TV morning meteorologist Nick Allard, where they talk about reporting in a hurricane, forecasting alien life and nurturing homespun goodness as part of a team.

Nick Allard, the morning and noon meteorologist at KIRO 7 TV in Seattle shares his forecasts on and off screen. 

Kreskin J. Torres travels the country as The Rideshare Foodie, sharing food and friendship with people from all walks of life. He talks to Lifeslices from his home on wheels.

Matt Hilshorst, studios manager at Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in New York, joins Steve to was poetically on how the attraction functions.  

There's a lot more about ice cream and even more to Dr. Maya.

Dr. Maya dreamed of working with ice cream from the age of 6. Today, she's a professional ice cream scientist and she dishes on the frozen treat in part 1 of two.

Treasure can be as spectacular as gold doubloons or as mundane as a cellphone. Chris Turner and Mike Pelley find their treasures in how people react when they reunite them with lost items.

Writer, philosopher and technologist Gary Bengier shares his book Unfettered Journey and a future with artificial intelligence.

Caroline Woodward and Jeff George share what it's like to manage a lighthouse and live on a small island by themselves.