Paul Feig is the creator of the short-lived TV show “Freaks and Geeks”. He tells Anne Strainchamps he and the other writers based the show on incidents from their own lives.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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While coastal dialects are being lost, new American dialects are developing all the time as American English evolves.
John Scalzi came through our studios in May when his collection "The Human Division" was just out. Jim's a huge fan. He got to sit down for this EXTENDED conversation with Scalzi.
Lynn Hershman Leeson is a pioneering artist and film-maker. Hershman Leeson talks to Anne Strainchamps about how she explores the theme of identity in her art.
Maryanne Wolf thinks the dyslexia brain ought to be considered a gift that characterized some of history's leading figures.
Jane Scott, recently retired as the rock critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, talks about meeting Jimi Hendrix and Paul McCartney, and not meeting Elvis.
Today, thanks to Black History Month, legendary jazz saxophonist and composer Charlie "Bird" Parker is on our minds.
Michael Dirda won the Pulitzer Prize for his literary criticism in the Washington Post Book World. Among his collections of essays is Classics for Pleasure.
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