Michael Schaffer didn't want to be one of THOSE people who take excessive care of their pets, but found himself realizing that the line between normal and extreme has made a major shift in our culture in the last fifteen years.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Peter Handel reviews mystery novels for Pages magazine. He talks about the rise of interest in mystery writers from such countries as Italy, France, Scotland and Sweden.
Paul Feig is the author of "Superstud: Or How I Became a 24-Year-Old Virgin."
Kevin Smokler tells Steve Paulson that the Internet is changing the world of letters but he thinks it’s progress. Smokler sees a welcome democratization of literature.
Michael Chabon defends the position that genre fiction is just as worthy of respect as any other fiction.
Philosopher John Searle talks with Steve Paulson about the most exciting problem in modern philosophy: explaining human consciousness.
Laure-Anne Bosselaar talks with Jim Fleming about finding nature in the city. Bosselaar reads several poems from the poetry anthology she edited, “Urban Nature.”
How do modern societies compare to hunter gatherer cultures? In "The World Until Yesterday," Jared Diamond, explores our radically different values - on everything from childrearing to what we think about strangers. Here's Steve's EXTENDED interview with Diamond.
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