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The World's Greatest Cheese - Michael Paterniti

Michael Paterniti travels to the highlands of Spain to track down one of the world's greatest cheesemakers.

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Tom Bollestorff on Second Life

Tom Bollestorff is an anthropologist at UC Irvine and author of "Coming of Age in Second Life."

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Steal Like an Artist - Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon gives advice on how to "Steal Like an Artist."

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Studs Terkel on Writer Nelson Algren

Nelson Algren wrote “A Walk on the Wild Side” and won the first National Book Award for “The Man with the Golden Arm,” but was too gritty for most critics

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Wendy Lesser on Viewing "Vertigo"

Art critic, novelist and editor Wendy Lesser reads excerpts from her essay "Hitchcock's Vertigo."

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WTF: Marc Maron Gets Real

Marc Maron has one of the most popular comedy podcasts on iTunes today .

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Seo-Young Chu on "Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?"

In her book, "Do Metaphors Dream of Literal Sleep?: A Science-Fictional Theory of Representation," Seo-Young Chu argues that science fiction is a kind of "high-intensity realism."  She spoke with Jim Fleming.

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Will Friedwald on "My Funny Valentine"

Music historian Will Friedwald is the author of “Stardust Melodies.” He talks with Steve Paulson about the history of the song “My Funny Valentine” and we hear lots of different interpretations.

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