Historian Michael Kammen tells Anne Strainchamps that the social distinctions between high-brow and low-brow culture are not as important as they once were.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jim Gaffigan is an actor and standup comedian, who makes extensive use of his "inner voice."
Lawrence Osborne tells Anne Strainchamps he set out to teach himself what a wine critic knows. He thinks he did, but isn’t sure we need critics at all.
"Shock Doctrine" journalist Naomi Klein's Dangerous Idea? Democratize the world's energy supply.
Paleo-anthropologist John Hawks talks about how we continue to evolve--changes that can be seen in the bones of modern humans.
Rebecca and Robert Bluestone tell Judith Strasser what their art forms have in common and how they both use color and a sense of place in their work.
Shocking acts of violence are committed in the name of religion, but Karen Armstrong says we're too quick to blame faith for violence and intolerance around the world.
For thousands of years, people have been telling stories about magical woods and enchanted forests. Writer and mythographer Marina Warner talks about the forest in human memory and imagination.
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