Philosopher Peter Singer lays out the argument that virtually everyone in America has a moral obligation to give money to help the desperately poor.
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Kathleen Morris talks about her experience with the mental habit monastics used to describe a kind of frantic escapism and aversion to other people. It's similar, but not identical, to the modern disease of depression.
Lawrence and Nancy Goldstone are book dealers. They tell Anne Strainchamps what a first edition Harry Potter is going for now, and how the New England forger fooled the industry for a long time.
Madelon Sprengnether tells Jim Fleming that going to the movies became a form of therapy for her and helped her sort out her own life experiences.
Paul Lussier is the author of “Last Refuge of Scoundrels,” a fictionalized re-telling of the American Revolution. He tells Steve Paulson some of the dirt he dug up on the Founding Fathers.
Michael Flanigan and Doug Mancheski starred in the Madison Repertory Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Guys on Ice.”
Photographer Michael Nye made portraits of the mentally ill and homeless people in San Antonio, where he lives. He also recorded their stories.
Neda Ulaby, NPR reporter and cultural critic, talks with Jim Fleming about the film adaptation of Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy."
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