Composer Stephen Paulus sits at the piano keyboard and talks with Jim Fleming about how he developed the music for a group of six poems he set for the Festival Choir of Madison.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Psychologist Barry Schwartz says we've gotten it all wrong when it comes to work. He says the conventional belief that workers are motivated by money is deeply flawed, and rooted in false theories that date back to Adam Smith.
Russ Forster is the editor of the magazine, “8-Track Mind”. Forster talks with Jim Fleming about his obsession with this outdated audio technology from the 70's.
The novelist and feminist critic talks about tackling her trolls and “writing to the point of uncomfortability.”
Sarah Flannery talks about how her father taught her to excel at math by giving her puzzles and she gives a few examples. Sarah won the Young Scientist of the Year Award in Ireland and in Europe in 1999.
Tom Carson is a novelist, television critic and the author of “Gilligan’s Wake.” He talks about blending James Joyce’s classic “Finnegan’s Wake” with those seven wacky castaways from “Gilligan’s Island.”
Iraq War veteran Sergeant John McCary reads an e-mail he sent his family in 2004 about the brutal nature of the insurgency.
Tyler Boudreau is a 12 year veteran of the Marine Corps who ultimately resigned his commission due to reservations over the legitimacy of the Iraq war.
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