Anthropologist Tom Boellstorff takes us on a tour through the virtual world of Second Life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Wendy Burden is the author of "Dead End Gene Pool," a memoir of her childhood among wealthy but highly dysfunctional remnants of the Vanderbilt fortune.
Steven Hall’s debut novel is called “The Raw Shark Texts.” Hall reads from the books opening, and talks with Jim Fleming.
Senator John McCain says being respected is more important than being liked in Washington. He talks about his role models with Steve Paulson.
Will Birch talks to Doug Gordon about the musical movement in Britain that set the stage for punk rock.
There are moral and ethical issues that come up around war photography. Writer David Shields charged the New York Times with glamorizing war in photographs. Shields analyzed 100’s of pictures published on the front page of the Times and last year he wrote a book accusing the paper of making war beautiful. Charles Monroe-Kane sat down to talk with him.
Historian Susan J. Matt talks to Jim Fleming about her book, "Homesickness: An American History."
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