Comedian and writer Tony Hawks conceived the daft idea of hitch-hiking around Ireland with a small refrigerator.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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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.
Sarah Eltantawi talks with Anne Strainchamps on what life has been like for Arab-Americans since 9-11.
Stephen Thompson is an editor at The Onion newspaper, and editor of “The Onion A.V. Club: The Tenacity of the Cockroach.”
Film director Rodney Ascher recommends Paul Schrader's 1988 movie, "Patty Hearst."
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?
Tenzin Palmo is a Tibetan Buddhist who was born in England as Diane Perry. She became a Buddhist nun and spent twelve years meditating alone in a tiny, remote cave in the Himalayas.
Israeli-born chef Yotam Ottolenghi celebrates the hybrid cuisine of Jerusalem, a city in which Eastern and Western culinary traditions mix and mingle in wonderful ways.
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