Novelist Russell Banks tells Judith Strasser that the great American story is that of the African diaspora and the struggle of many races and cultures to live harmoniously together.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Vince Staten tells Anne Strainchamps that barbershops give men a sense of community as well as haircuts and that nothing beats a barbershop shave.
What are you making? In San Francisco, two radio producers are collecting stories in a project called “The Making Of...”
Shane Carruth wrote, directed and stars in the low-budget movie “Primer”. Anne Strainchamps talks with him about science, math and storytelling.
Steven Kotler spurned religion until he came down with Lyme Disease and spent three years on the couch. Then a friend took him surfing and he began to get better. Surfing became his religion.
Senegalese pop star Youssou N'Dour is the top-selling African musician of all time.
The demographics of the United States are changing: how does the latest wave of immigration fit into the historical pattern?
Tom Standage talks about his book, "Writing on the Wall: Social Media -- The First 2,000 Years."
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