Neil McCormick believed he was going to be the world’s biggest rock star, but that’s what happened to his childhood friend, Bono.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Peggy Orenstein tells Anne Strainchamps about “parasite singles” - young Japanese, mostly female, who reject the traditional life of marriage and children.
Jon Ronson was assigned by The Guardian newspaper to find out how easy it would be to build a dirty bomb. So he did.
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.
Sixty years after those Avant Garde composers of the 1920s, some Japanese musicians followed in their footsteps, exploring the outer reaches of sound with “noise music.”
Mikael Niemi is the author of “Popular Music from Vittula,” the single best-selling book in Swedish history.
Would you like to sharpen your memory? Science writer Joshua Foer tells you how to build an elaborate memory palace.
Philippe Petit is the author of “To Reach the Clouds: My High Wire Walk between the Twin Towers.”
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