Lucy Kaylin tells Steve Paulson that the average age of American nuns is seventy, and that many orders are folding.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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As a child, Michael Ondaatje took a long ocean voyage from Sri Lanka to England. This is the seed of his novel "The Cat's Table." He talks with Jim Fleming about the fine line between fiction and memoir.
Richard Price has a hit with his novel "Lush Life." It's a crime story, but Price says his book has nothing to do with detective fiction or any other genre.
Food is certainly the most palatable expression of culture, and the most easily shared.
LA Times food critic Jonathan Gold has spent his career seeking out the best plates of authentic – or reinterpreted - culture. In this UNCUT interview, he talks with Anne Strainchamps about food in translation.
It'll get your stomach growling, so have some snacks handy!
Leslie Klinger tells Jim Fleming about the new edition of the "New Annotated Sherlock Holmes"
Marvin Minsky tells Steve Paulson he believes machine intelligence is very like human intelligence and that one day people may choose to back themselves up into computers.
MiRi Park is the defending 2004 U.S. and World air guitar champion. She performs for us and tells Steve Paulson what made her the champ.
Judy Pascoe tells Steve Paulson about her novel “Our Father Who Art in a Tree.” A young girl’s father dies unexpectedly, but she finds his spirit lives in the backyard tree.
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