British writer and playwright Michael Frayn talks with Steve Paulson about “Headlong." The book is about the painter Brueghel and the mania afflicting art collectors.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Richard Conniff is a journalist who sees parallels between the rich and some animal species. He’s the author of “The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide.”
Paul Martin says that people don’t get enough sleep these days and that our culture is wrong to diminish the importance and the pleasure of sleep.
Before she was became "The French Chef," Julia Child worked in espionage for the O.S.S. during World War II. That's where she met her husband Paul. Biographer Jennet Conant tells the story of Julia's career in espionage, and of how the couple navigated the McCarthy investigations.
Danish film director Lone Scherfig tells Steve Paulson about her new film “Wilbur Wants to Kill Himself.”
Marian Marzinski tells host Jim Fleming about his new documentary “Patriots Day”, which tells the tale of Revolutionary War reenactors at the battle of Lexington & Concord.
Justine Picardie is a writer for British Vogue and a former editor at London’s Observer. She talks about her efforts to contact her sister Ruth’s spirit in the year after Ruth’s death from breast cancer.
Neil Innes wrote and sang the tunes for The Rutles, who were Eric Idle’s parody of The Beatles.
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