Art critic, novelist and editor Wendy Lesser reads excerpts from her essay "Hitchcock's Vertigo."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Tim Friend has written a book about Archaea - a kind of microbe that doesn't fit into any of the traditional categories of life.
Around the country Governors of both parties are balancing their state budgets by making public sector employees pay more. Why?
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.
Dame Evelyn Glennie is considered one of the greatest percussionists alive today. She’s also deaf.
To watch/listen to her perform CLICK HERE.
There's a great urbanization afoot in China. The government plans to move more than 100 million people into cities by 2020. But there's an old divide between rural and urban citizens. What happens when they become neighbors?
The contemporary art world was shocked in 2010 when the prestigious Turner prize went to a voice installation, the work of the Scottish artist Susan Philipsz.
Ry Cooder made history with the record album “Buena Vista Social Club.” He’s been back to Cuba several times to make music and has a new album called “Mambo Sinuendo.”
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