Tour guides get paid more than surgeons in Cuba. Why? Tips from foreigners, especially Americans. Rosa Ricardo describes her life as a tour guide.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ernest Callenbach’s “Ecotopia” was the bible of a certain kind of environmental activist, back in the 70’s. Producer Charles Monroe-Kane was one of them. He tells us what it was like to try to live the dream.
Philipp Blom tells Anne Strainchamps about some of history's great pack-rats, and what purposes their collections served.
Consumer advocate and frequent presidential candidate, Ralph Nader reads from his book, "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us".
In this UNCUT interview, he tells Steve Paulson that the book isn't fiction; it's his handbook for how to fix the United States.
Steve Paulson presents a profile of the late writer Noel Perrin, best known for his essays on rural life.
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.
Many women are choosing not to have children because they know they are not good enough at nurturing. Madelyn Cain thinks this is an admirable, unselfish decision and one that more and more couples will make in the future.
When you think about the accomplishments of the Civil Rights Movement and the last 50 years, it's tempting to think we've become a post-racial society. But University of Pennsylvania professor John Jackson Jr. believes we're seeing a new type of racial divide, characterized by distrust and paranoia.
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