An audio installation that gives tropical plants the tools to play synthesizers, allowing people to experience biorhythms as live music.
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Terry Gross has been the host of the public radio program Fresh Air for over twenty years. She remembers some of her career highlights with Steve Paulson.
Ron Mallett has been fascinated with the idea of time travel since his dad's early death.
The Western. The 2nd Amendment. Guns are a part of our national DNA - like apple pie and baseball. Pamela Haag says not so fast. In her book "The Gunning of America," she argues that early gun barons --with iconic names like Colt and Remington -- created the American culture.
She told Charles Monroe-Kane to look no further than the Rifle King himself, the manufacturer of the Winchester Repeater Rifle, Oliver Winchester.
Celebrated jazz pianist Vijay Iyer has a Ph.D in music cognition and a penchant for asking big questions - like, what is music? And what does it do for us? Steve Paulson caught up with Vijay backstage before a recent concert, where they talked about improvisation and the parallels between jazz and basketball.
Thomas Lynch has written a memoir of his relatives from County Clare and the story of how he found his way back to the old county.
Dance isn’t a performance; it’s life. That’s the philosophy of Sally Gross, one of the original members of the postmodern Judson Dance Theater, which is now celebrating its 40th anniversary. In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Gross talks with Steve Paulson about the power of movement and breath, the influence of John Cage, and why dance requires stillness.
Toni Morrison won the Nobel Prize in 1993. Her novels include "Sula," "Song of Solomon," and "Love."
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