Nathan Radke talks about why the characters from the “Peanuts” comic strip can be seen as acting out the dilemmas of existentialism.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rich Cohen tells Jim Fleming about his charismatic friend Drew, and their forays into a more complex and sophisticated world.
Kathleen Dean Moore is a philosopher at Oregon State University, but her passion is an inhospitable island off the coast of Alaska. On Pine Island you can expect rain, fog, desolation, and a world of beauty that comes from the reality of natural surroundings.
Wired columnist and tech writer Clive Thompson unpacks his optimistic take on computer technology -- it's making us, and our kids, smarter.
Rick Lyman's book “Watching Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk about the Films that Matter Most” tells of time spent with Woody Allen, Sissy Spacek, Ang Lee and others, watching other peoples’ films.
Jane Yolen likes to re-invent the stories about King Arthur. In her version, it’s Guinevere who first pulls the sword from the stone!
Do do I look good in this dress? We all know the answer, right? It’s "you look great." Even if that’s not quite true.
Nicole Smith pilots an Army Apache AH 64 attack helicopter. She is the only African American female to do so.
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