Why are millions of British TV viewers obsessed with the Danish TV show The Killing? And will Americans ever get to see the original? We catch up with the show's creator, Danish writer/director Soren Sveistrup.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sherman Alexie is a one-man culture industry. He's also pretty much a rock star guest. Steve Paulson and Veronica Rueckert look back on his first interview with TTBOOK.
Anne Strainchamps asks Columbia College philosopher Stephen Asma what his colleagues make of the soul these days.
Scott Sandage tells Anne Strainchamps that the very meaning of failure has changed in American society over 200 years.
Imagine mixing and matching your senses. People with a neurological condition called synesthesia can see music or hear colors. A few decades ago, scientists thought it was a myth, but neuroscientist David Eagleman says artists and synesthesia go way back.
Singer-songwriter-community organizer Si Kahn tells Steve Paulson the hallmarks of a good political song, and talks about the role music has played in various social causes, including the Civil Rights movement.
Humorist Roy Blount Junior believes New Orleans is the cradle of American culture.
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