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Susan Friedman on an Iraqi Correspondence

Susan Friedman maintains an e-mail correspondence with a colleague in Iraq whose messages describe the hardships and terror of life in Iraq...

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Ron Collins on "The Trials of Lenny Bruce"

First Amendment lawyer Ron Collins talks with Steve Paulson about the renegade comedian and junkie Lenny Bruce who was repeatedly arrested for obscenity.

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Walter Williams on the Natural History of New Orleans

Film-maker Walter Williams created the “Mr. Bill” character for “Saturday Night Live.”  He was born and raised in New Orleans and has thought a lot about the natural history of his hometown.

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Michael Palma on Dante's "Inferno"

Michael Palma is the translator of the new Norton edition of Dante's "Inferno." He reads passages from it and talks with Jim Fleming about this literary classic.

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Listener Ghost Story: "Presidential Phantasm"

A ghost story from listener Eric Van Vleet.

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Mixed Feelings

Producer Rehman Tungekar talks with Anne Strainchamps about growing up in a multi-ethnic family.

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Peter French on "The Virtues of Vengeance"

Peter French tells Anne Strainchamps the ancient Greeks thought revenge was a good thing, and analyzes the vengeance scenario of Clint Eastwood’s film “Unforgiven.”

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Lynda Barry on Writing the Unthinkable

Can you learn to be more creative?  You can if you go to Lynda Barry's workshop on "writing the unthinkable." 

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