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Simon Winchester on "A Crack in the Edge of the World"

Simon Winchester talks with Jim Fleming about the short-sightedness of placing cities where the planet doesn't think they should be.

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Taking Revenge Against Coppola's "Apocalypse Now"

Americans are still fighting over the legacy of the Vietnam War, but one perspective is missing: the Vietnamese experience. Novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen provides a Vietnamese perspective.

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Susan Brison on Sexual Violence

Philosopher Susan Brison faced a personal and professional crisis after she was attacked and raped in France.  She tells Anne Strainchamps how traditional philosophy failed to comfort her.

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Jonah Lehrer on "Imagine: How Creativity Works"

Jonah Lehrer talks about his new book, "Imagine: How Creativity Works."

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Migrant Children's Photos - Encarni Pindado

MigraZoom is a participatory photography project with migrants in transit through Mexico en route to the U.S. MigraZoom tells us their own migration experience trough the lens of a camera.

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Philip Gourevitch on "Standard Operating Procedure"

Documentary film-maker Errol Morris has made a film called "Standard Operating Procedure" about the American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. Morris and journalist Philip Gourevitch have written a companion book. 

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Joyce Carol Oates on "Faithless"

Joyce Carol Oates talks with Jim Fleming about some of the stories in her book “Faithless: Tales of Transgression.”

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Rebecca Stott on "Ghostwalk"

"Ghostwalk" is an intellectual thriller set partly in Isaac Newton's time and concerning his interest in alchemy.

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