Maryann Kellman tells us her Depression story.
Jeff Ferrell gave up life as a tenured professor and became a dumpster diver. His new book is "Empire of Scrounge."
Joelle Biele discusses the correspondences between poet Elizabeth Bishop and The New Yorker.
When you think about the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement and the last 50 years, it's tempting to think we've become a post-racial society. But University of Pennsylvania professor John Jackson Jr. believes we're seeing a new type of racial divide, characterized by distrust and paranoia.
Wisconsin Public Television producer Patty Loew talks with Anne Strainchamps about her TV documentary "Way of the Warrior".
Robert Glasper's new album Black Radio is a reference to the black box of recordings that survives a plane crash.
Michael Dickinson tells Jim Fleming about the robotic fly he’s building. Dickinson thinks flies are amazingly sophisticated flying machines.
John Stilgoe tells Jim Fleming that people would discover all sorts of new things if they would walk or ride a bicycle and leave the car at home.