Sherman Alexie is a celebrated fiction writer who is also Spokane, and who has strong opinions about what it means to be a real Indian.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Robin Wall Kimmerer is a biologist, a writer, and a member of the Potawatomi nation. In her essay collection, "Braiding Sweetgrass," she weaves scientific knowledge and indigenous wisdom into a deeper understanding of the nature of plant life.
Steve Paulson reports on the new genre of Scandinavian crime fiction and we hear a reading from Karin Fossum's "He Who Fears the Wolf."
The Reduced Shakespeare Company bring their latest production into our studio. They provide a whirlwind tour of the great books of literature.
It’s too bad trees can’t talk to us, but storytellers can and Wayne Pauly has a good story about a young woman, a young man, and a tree.
Sue Halpern spent five years subjecting herself to every memory test and brain imaging technique she could find.
John Brockman talks smarts, "third culture" intellectuals, and our web-y world in this NEW and UNCUT interview.
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