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Patrick McGilligan on "Alfred Hitchcock"

Patrick McGilligan talks about how Alfred Hitchcock chose his leading men, and what makes “Vertigo” the cinematic classic it is.

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Malcolm Gladwell on "The Power of Thinking without Thinking"

Malcolm Gladwell talks about the power of our tendency to make snap judgements and how important it is for our survival as a species.

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Kemp Powers on "The Shooting"

When Kemp Powers was a boy, he and his best friend were playing with a gun. There was an accident.  Powers talks with Anne Strainchamps about the shooting and its effect on his life.

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Jason Rohrer on "Passage"

Video game designer Jason Rohrer tells Anne Strainchamps about his game "Passage," which is about mortality, not just an adrenalin rush.

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Persi Diaconis on the Math Behind Magic

Persi Diaconis is a former stage magician who uses card shuffling and coin tossing to illustrate complex mathematical formulae.

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Marjane Satrapi and Chris Ware on Graphic Novels

The authors of “Persepolis” and “Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth” speak together at the Wisconsin Book Festival 2006.

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Linda Nelson's Story

We hear a story of the Great Depression from Linda Nelson's family.

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Nora Guthrie and Elizabeth Partridge on Woody Guthrie

Nora Guthrie is folk singer Woody Guthrie’s daughter and runs the Woody Guthrie Archives.  Elizabeth Partridge is the author of “This Land Was Made for You and Me,” Guthrie’s biography.

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