There's a big debate among ecologists right now over whether we can have hope in the face of climate change. Science writer Emma Marris says we need it. And it’s not just newspaper headlines and environmental campaigns that need to change, we need to rethink “nature.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Cape Breton fiddler Natalie McMaster says that she’s been step dancing and playing the fiddle since she was a child.
Lisa Tucker’s latest novel is “Shout Down the Moon.” She talks with Jim Fleming about the role of social class in her work.
Novelist Jane Smiley tells Jim Fleming Dickens had extraordinary energy and vitality, and by writing sympathetically about the poor and working class, he changed English literature forever.
Rocker Nick Cave talks with Steve Paulson about the relative freedom of writing prose versus song-writing...
Marc Rothemund directed a documentary about Sophie Scholl, who was arrested with her brother for distributing anti-war pamphlets in Germany after the defeat at Stalingrad during WWII.
Part memoir, part comic and part activity book, "What It is" reflects Lynda Barry's belief that everyone is an artist and has stories to tell.
Laura King spent three years working as the Afghanistan Bureau Chief for the LA Times.
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