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Genre Busters
Judith Freeman followed Raymond Chandler's trail around L.A. Michael Chabon thinks genre fiction is wonderful. Michael Dirda wants everyone to read the classics for pleasure. M.C. Beaton & Matthew Prichard on what makes Agatha Christie…
In Living Color
Alan Weisman imagines a world without humans. Anne Strainchamps and a classroom full of kids imagine a green city. Sam Keen reflects on bird watching. Thomas Morton took a voyage to the Pacific Ocean's Garbage Island. Erec Toso…
To Breed or Not to Breed
Peggy Orenstein goes on a baby quest. Madelyn Cain on the childless revolution. Catherine Wagner shares some motherhood poems. A.M. Homes wrote an adoption memoir.
Dumbing Down, Smartening Up
Susan Jacoby gives some frightening examples of the dumbing down of American culture. George Saunders introduces Megaphone Man, the guy who is ruining the party. Chris Bachelder created the ultimate matchup ? Bear v. Shark! Al Franken and …
Forbidden Food
Andrew Zimmern travels the world eating bizarre foods. Barry Glassner wants us to rethink the way we eat. Christa Weil tells us about foods that other cultures consider delicious. Mort Rosenblum on the delights of chocolate. Dorie…
The New Abolitionists
Maria Suarez talks about her life as a modern-day slave. Benjamin Skinner describes how easy it is to buy a human being today. Adam Hochschild on British abolitionist history. Katrina Browne made a documentary about her family's slave…
Pop Music
Love is a Mix Tape - Rob Sheffield, Sister Rosetta Tharpe - Gayle F. Wald, Pub Rock - Will Birch, Alternative Rock Novel - Jonathan Lethem
Talking Across Religions
Tariq Ali on a medieval culture of tolerance. Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver & Priscilla Warner, The Faith Club: A Muslim, A Christian, A Jew ? Three Women Search for Understanding. Bruce Chilton explains the myth of martyrdom in the story of…
Aging and Memory
Nobel Prize winner Eric R. Kandel has spent a lifetime studying memory. Host Jim Fleming talks about his aging father. Claire Tomalin's biography of Thomas Hardy reveals the inspiration he received from his wife's death. Rodney Rothman…
Language: The Dress of Ideas
Elizabeth Little talks about the joys and perils of speaking Chinese. Larry Smith & Rachel Fershleiser edit Smith Magazine and collected six word memoirs. Derek Bickerton is Professor Emeritus of Linguistics at the University of Hawaii, and…
Boredom: The Tedium is the Message
Philosophy of Boredom - Lars Svendsen. "Ennui to Go" An ode to Boredom - Jon Winokur. A Case of Boredom - Ghita Schwarz. Fascination with Boredom - Augustin De la Pena. "Doing Nothing" - Tom Lutz.
Learning Outside the Box
Jonathan Mooney is president of a nonprofit mentoring and advocacy organization for students with learning disabilities. Dan Zanes collaborated with other musicians on an album of children's music. Matt Hern is an advocate for alternative…
Consciousness
Conciousness Debate - Andrew Newberg, Daniel Dennett, Ken Wilber, Roger Penrose, Deepak Chopra. Female Brain - Louann Brizendine. Buddhism & Consciousness - Alan Wallace. Autistic Savant - Daniel Tammet.
Touching the Sound
Evelyn Glennie understands percussion differently due to her deafness. Richard Roth explores the sounds of early America. Philip Groning filmed the silence of a Carthusian monastery. Sound artist Doug Quin hears the sounds the rest of us …
A Good Death?
Susan Sontag is remembered by her son David Rieff. Judith Stasser meditates on her own mortality. David Shields knows that death is a sure thing. Surgeon Pauline Chen reflects on mortality. Ed Wohl reminisces about music and his …
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