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.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A great deal of our thinking is shaped by our unconscious minds, such as routine tasks we do automatically.
Ron Chernow's recently published "George Washington: a life" logs in at 900 pages, one of the most acclaimed historical biographies of the past year.
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.
To the Best of Our Knowledge is produced at Wisconsin Public Radio, and if there’s one thing we know here in America’s dairyland, it’s cows. So as long as we’re talking about lies that last… have you ever tried to tip a cow?
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When Asra Normani got an assignment to research Tantra - an ancient form of yoga - she thought she'd have an adventure. She ended up on a journey of the spirit and the heart.
Thomas Glave is a young, Black, gay writer who’s lived in New York and Jamaica. Glave tells Jim Fleming that he tries to understand and identify with all of his characters.
Did you know plants see, smell and communicate with neighboring plants? And have both long and short term memory? Plant geneticist Daniel Chamovitz describes the complex world of plant life.
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