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Cartoonist Jules Feiffer started on his path to fame in the 1950s with a cartoon strip for "The Village Voice" that eventually won him a Pulitzer Prize.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Karen Slavick-Lennard's husband talks in his sleep - and says the craziest things.  We talk with Karen and hear audio excerpts of "sleep talkin' man."

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Peter Cordani is CEO of Dyn-O-Mat. He invents things.  Like Dyn-O-Storm - a polymer gel that can be sprayed on clouds to make them go away.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Nicholas Shakespeare tells Steve Paulson that Chatwin was a man of mystery and paradox who was willing to toy with the strictly factual to preserve an emotional truth.  We also hear travel writer Paul Theroux comment on Chatwin, a long-time friend.

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 Inspired by the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements and by African-American activists and artists Giovanni’s poetry has become synonymous with the struggle of African-Americans, and especially the struggle of Black women.

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Rajiv Joseph is a New York playwright. He tells Jim Fleming he wrote “Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo” based on a small newspaper story...

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

What's the best piece of reporting you encountered this year?  TTBOOK listeners recommend these stories.   We'll add new suggestions as they come in.   

 

 

 

 

To The Best Of Our Knowledge

Can you actually see creativity in the brain?   Neuroscientist Rex Jung describes brain imaging studies of creativity in action.

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