Historian Jill Lepore talks with Jim Fleming about Noah Webster and his dictionary. She says Webster thought Americans should have their own language and he celebrated American words.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Journalist John Carlin talks with Steve Paulson about the 1995 rugby tournament that changed South Africa's history.
Robert Fuller is the author of "Wonder" - the first in-depth look at one of humanity's most important emotions.
Julie Phillips is the author of "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon."
Ray Kurzweil and Jim Fleming met up at the 2012 Kentuck Author's Forum. Here's the audio from their on-stage interview!
You can also stream the video here.
Here's our extended conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction and imagining the future.
Kayla Williams tells Anne Strainchamps that women soldiers feel sexism from their fellow soldiers, even in war zones, and that it complicates their lives.
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