Celebrated writer, director and actor Simon Pegg talks to Steve Paulson about his love of "Star Wars" and how it fired up his imagination and his career.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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For Robert Farris Thompson, the most beautiful, intimate and passionate of dances is Argentine tango.
Steven Connor says there's much more to ventriloquism than exchanging quips with a wooden dummy. He tells Anne Strainchamps that a lot of this history has to do with the disembodied voice.
Susan Hirschmann is a legendary children's book editor and founder of Greenwillow Books.
Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss-born philosopher who travels throughout the Islamic world trying to build bridges between European Muslim and conservative clerics.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern is making its way up the best-seller lists for a reason — it's a fascinating blend of magic and art, with the allure of the circus and the tempered reality of dreams.
A short story by science fiction writer John Scalzi, read by Adam Hirsch.
Jennifer Jacquet explains how public shaming can be used to promote political change and social reform.
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