Victoria Vox is leading a one woman ukulele revival in popular music.
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Studs Terkel tells Steve Paulson why his friend Nelson Algren is one of America's great literary secrets. Among Terkel's latest books is "Hope Dies Last."
Zia Hassan had a life-changing conversation with a 9-year old boy in a Washington backyard. A conversation that 2.5 million people around the world have watched on YouTube. Zia tells us about the boy he calls "The Philosopher."
Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha.
T.C. Boyle's new novel features a face-off between an animals rights activist and a biologist.
Brendan Koerner talks about his book, "The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking."
Music critic Yuval Taylor tells Steve Paulson that authenticity in music is a complicated business.
Back in 1969, Marine Karl Marlantes was dropped in the middle of a jungle in Vietnam - at the age of 23, put in charge of the lives of 40 other young men. He says he wasn't psychologically or spiritually prepared for that, or for what came after the war.
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