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Jim Cummings on Acoustic Ecology

Jim Cummings runs Earth Ear, an on-line catalogue of environmental sound-scapes.  He talks about the new field of acoustic ecology.

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Jared Diamond on "Collapse"

Jared Diamond has written “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.”  He discusses a few case histories - like Easter Island - with Steve Paulson.

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Malcolm Gladwell on "The Tipping Point"

Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of “The Tipping Point.”  He talks about how successful marketing works and gives some examples.

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John Eisner and Daphne Greaves on the Lark Theater

John Eisner and Daphne Greaves tell Steve Paulson that the Lark is a “research and development” theater company, and explain how it helps writers.

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Jennifer Hecht on "Funny"

Jennifer Hecht is the author of “Funny” – a book of poems based on jokes.

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Philipp Blom on "To Have And To Hold"

Philipp Blom tells Anne Strainchamps about some of history's great pack-rats, and what purposes their collections served.

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Marjane Satrapi on "Embroideries"

Marjane Satrapi talks about the intimate lives of women in Iran and the conflicts created around the issue of sexuality by patriarchy and fundamentalist Islam.

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Norah Vincent on "Self-Made Man"

Norah Vincent spent eighteen months disguised as a man...

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