Musicologist Rob Bowman tells Jim Fleming about the history of the record company that made Dr. King’s dream a reality in its everyday artistic and business dealings.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mr. Cutlets really loves meat. He talks about his favorite cuts and how to cook them and why his last meal would be a pastrami sandwich.
Richard Dawkins, a prominent biologist and outspoken atheist, talks with Steve Paulson. Dawkins is the author of "The God Delusion" and a frequent foil for the intelligent design movement.
Michael Gershon talks about the science behind “gut instinct” and says most of the body’s serotonin is in the gut, not the brain.
Acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead got the magazine assignment of a lifetime: a week in Vegas, playing in the World Series of Poker. He tells Doug Gordon about high stakes poker and his own "anhedonia," his difficulty experiencing pleasure.
Robert Weinberg tells Jim Fleming that superheroes’ powers haven’t kept up with the times and offers more up-to-date explanations of how The Incredible Hulk got that way and why Superman is so strong.
TTBOOK host Jim Fleming reflects on The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Have you been to the High Line yet? It’s a new park in Manhattan, full of sunbathers, lush plantings and strolling locals. It’s also about 30 feet above the ground, built on the bed of an old elevated train line. Writer Annik La Farge talks about the park, five years into its reinvention.
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