Douglas Rushkoff talks about his book, "Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World, and How We Can Take It Back."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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When we think of slavery, many of us think of it as an historic trauma—something in the past that the nation"overcame" to become what it is today. But according to Edward Baptist, the instution of slavery drove the economic development and modernization of the United States, and laid the groundwork for American capitalism as we know it today.
Neil Innes wrote and sang the tunes for The Rutles, who were Eric Idle’s parody of The Beatles.
Robert Wright tells Steve Paulson that the history of monotheism was shaped by the political events of the turbulent ancient Middle East and that Jesus was not a prophet of peace but a typical Jewish apocalyptic preacher obsessed with the approaching End Times.
Natsuo Kirino is one of Japan's best known writers. We sample an excerpt from her psychological thriller, Real World.
Where does obsessive collecting come from? And what does it mean? Lorraine Daston takes us back to 17th century Europe and the nobility’s Kunstkamera, or chambers of wonders. They were filled with nature’s freaks and anomalies. But these marvels, these monsters, gave birth to modern science.
Steve Paulson presents a profile of the late writer Noel Perrin, best known for his essays on rural life.
Richard Goldstein, executive editor of the Village Voice, is appalled by the rampant chauvinism of popular culture.
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