Music critic Yuval Taylor tells Steve Paulson that authenticity in music is a complicated business.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ronald Aronson is the author of “Camus and Sartre: The Story of a Friendship and the Quarrel That Ended It.” Aronson recounts the relationship and the very public dispute between two of the twentieth century’s leading intellectuals.
Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha.
Salman Rushdie tells Steve Paulson about his very first memories of "The Wizard of Oz."
Steven Johnson tells Anne Strainchamps how television storytelling has become more sophisticated with mutiple plots lines extending over several episodes.
Tim Flannery tells Steve Paulson about the asteroid crashes and vanished fauna in our continent’s past.
Susan Jacoby gives several frightening examples of the way American culture is dumbing itself down, and how poorly educated many American college graduates are.
Walter Moskowitz learned tattooing from his father William, who did tattoos from the basement of his barbershop called Willy’s. In bruising Bowery fashion, the shop offered a unique service.
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