Back in 1973, country music legend Johnny Cash gave his daughter Roseanne a list of 100 songs he considered essential. Now, music critic Michael Streissguth takes us behind the scenes.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nathaniel Philbrick tells Jim Fleming that the myth of the first Thanksgiving is great for children, but the truth about Plymouth Plantation is a lot darker and more complicated.
Like you, we were shocked this week to hear about the death of Robin Williams. . His softer side shines through in a conversation he had with fellow comedian Marc Maron, a few years ago, on Maron’s WTF podcast.
Here is a link to Marc Maron's full conversation with Robin Williams.
Here is a link to our full conversation with Marc Moran about healing and comedy.
Pamela Logan has been studying and practicing martial arts for twenty five years. She’s a fourth degree black belt in karate. And she’s the author of “Among Warriors.”
Who was the real Henry David Thoreau? He wasn't exaclty an environmentalist, and "Walden" didn't simply describe his time living by the pond. Jeffrey Cramer looks at the man behind the myth.
Maryam Eskandari is a mosque architect and founder of MIIM Designs. She say most non-Muslims think designing a mosque is full of rules. But it’s not. She told Charles Monroe-Kane that the only rule is you have to point out the direction to Mecca. This is called the marabji.
Matt Taibbi, conributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine, talks with Anne Strainchamps about political audacity, voter memory and the scandalous behavior of some defense contractors in Iraq.
Writer Nigel Nicolson says Woolf invented the stream-of consciousness literary style, endured several bouts of madness, and died a suicide.
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