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.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Winter. I am getting sick of this winter. It’s hard to get around. I’m never outside. I hate scraping and shoveling. . . And, I’m cold. And most likely you are cold too.
Michael Brown is an anthropologist and the author of “Who Owns Native Culture?” He talks about some of the legal and constitutional issues involved with controversies around Native American sacred sites and artifacts.
Karal Ann Marling tells Anne Strainchamps that American Christmas traditions led to an improvement in the status of women and helped nurture manufacturing industries from candy to cardboard.
Biologist Renee Askins tells Anne Strainchamps why she is passionate about wolves, and why she was determined to re-introduce wolves to Yellowstone National Park.
Jeffrey Eugenides won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “Middlesex.” He tells Steve Paulson why he chose to use a hermaphrodite as his narrator.
What did FDR understand about democracy that our current political leaders – on both sides of the aisle – have forgotten.
Marcella Hazan is a chef and teacher of cooking. She thinks Americans totally misunderstand Italian food.
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