For Women's History Month, we're celebrating one of history's forgotten women, Jane Franklin. Harvard historian Jill Lepore talks about why she chose to write a biography of Ben Franklin's sister.
For Women's History Month, we're celebrating one of history's forgotten women, Jane Franklin. Harvard historian Jill Lepore talks about why she chose to write a biography of Ben Franklin's sister.
Jane Scott, recently retired as the rock critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, talks about meeting Jimi Hendrix and Paul McCartney, and not meeting Elvis.
Major Steve Beck is a Marine Casualty Notification Officer. And every Marine family's worst fear is seeing Major Beck at their door.
Journalist Linda Ellerbee remembers buying oranges in Afghanistan, visiting Vietnam a generation after the war, and bathing in the Mediterranean to mark the passing of Julia Child.
Most of us think we have a right to a certain amount of privacy in our lives, but what do we actually mean by it? Writer Garret Keizer tells Steve Paulson how he'd define it.
Jeffrey Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Middlesex.” He tells Steve Paulson why he chose to use a hermaphrodite as his narrator.
Steve Paulson chats with three writers from “The Onion” - the satirical newspaper that started out here in Madison.