Ralph Stanley is one of the founding fathers of bluegrass or old-time mountain music. He talks with Steve Paulson about his family, his music and his concern with death, and we hear lots of his music.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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M.J. Ryan wants to revive the custom of saying grace before meals. She tells Jim Fleming how she became a collector of mealtime blessings.
Psychologist Michael Thompson consults with school systems about how to communicate with boys.
This week we mourn the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Here's his English translator, Edith Grossman.
Paul Krugman wrote an article called “For Richer” for the New York Times Magazine. He tells Steve Paulson that there is a widening chasm between the super rich and the rest of us.
John Landis talks about his new book, "Monsters in the Movies: 100 Years of Cinematic Nightmares."
Writer Peter Mayle tells Steve Paulson about growing French wine, and drinking rather a lot of it.
Ricardo Pitts-Wiley contributed to an essay by Henry Jenkins called "Multiculturalism, Appropriation, and the New Media Literacies: Remixing Moby Dick."
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