Theseus killed the Minotaur in the maze in Crete thousands of years ago. Well, according to Steven Sherrill, the Minotaur is now a short- order cook in the American South.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Electronic music pioneer Suzanne Ciani talks about her electronic music and sound work.
Seduction seems like a dirty word these days. In our era of frankness, hook-ups and FWBs, why bother seducing someone?
Betsy Prioleau says charm is an endangered, misunderstood and useful art.
Steve Paulson reports on the new genre of Scandinavian crime fiction and we hear a reading from Karin Fossum's "He Who Fears the Wolf."
Plenty of men are obsessed with body image, too. Eric Chaline traces the cult of the male body beautiful back to ancient Greece, in "The Temple of Perfection" -- his new history of the gym.
Siva Vaidhyanathan is the author of “Copyrights and Copywrongs.” He talks with Jim Fleming about the history of copyright and says it was intended to preserve future creativity.
Tom Chatfield believes video games could revolutionize education.
Playwright Wendy Wasserstein tells Anne Strainchamps she grew up going to the theater and wanted to be sure others got the same opportunity.
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