Frances Perkins was the woman behind the New Deal as she was sworn in as Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Peter T. Kilborn talks about the "new rootless professional class" that consists of mid-level managers and executives who move every few years (sometimes enormous distances, or to foreign countries) to advance their careers.
Richard Reynolds tells Anne Strainchamps about his adventures as a guerrilla gardener, that is, someone who tends someone else's land for harvest.
Art critic and historian Michael Fried talks about his early days in New York and his friendship with the gifted and difficult dean of American critics, Clement Greenberg.
Michelle Kennedy tells Anne Strainchamps how she ended up homeless and how she managed to support herself and her three children.
Lawrence Osborne tells Anne Strainchamps he set out to teach himself what a wine critic knows. He thinks he did, but isn’t sure we need critics at all.
Mariana Gosnell tells Anne Strainchamps why ice floats, and stories about ice bergs.
The press has been pumping out opinion pieces about selfies. One of the biggest debates is, what do they say about self-esteem? We turned to the psychologists…
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