Paul Feig is the creator of the critically acclaimed TV series “Freaks and Geeks.” He says that the show (which is no longer on the air) was based on his real-life adolescence.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Joel Waldfogel talks with Jim Fleming about what's really wrong with all those cringe-inducing neckties and fruitcakes nobody eats.
Mary Wells Lawrence thought up some of the most clever and memorable ad campaigns of her generation. Her memoir is “A Big Life in Advertising.”
Michael Streissguth met Johnny Cash and talks with Jim Fleming about the man and his music and what prompted him to compile his book.
A few brief dramatized snippets from Olivia Judson and her book “Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice to All Creation.”
Michael Cunningham won the Pulitzer Prize for his novel “The Hours,” which re-imagined the life and death of Virginia Woolf. His new novel is called “Specimen Days” and involves Walt Whitman.
Randall Miller and Jody Savin wrote, directed and are distributing the 2008 Sundance Festival film, "Bottle Shock."
According to Nathaniel Philbrick, Melville’s classic “Moby Dick,” will always be worth our time and attention, no matter the age. He makes the case for reading what he calls a kind of "American Bible."
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