Japanese comics, manga, and animation, anime, are among Japan's most popular cultural exports. Fred Schodt is the guy to talk to about Japan's contemporary graphic arts explosion. He talks about the "God of Manga," Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
"The Collectors" is a brand-new audiobook by writer Philip Pullman. The story sheds light into the early life of Marisa Coulter, a villain from Pullman's acclaimed fantasy trilogy, "His Dark Materials." Pullman sat down with Steve Paulson to talk about his acclaimed trilogy, and the fantastical world contained in it.
Ecologist Mark Hunter talks with Jim Fleming about the destructive capacity of alien insects.
Karl Taro Greenfeld tells Jim Fleming he's never had a conversation with his brother.
Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at Yale. In his paper “The Simulation Argument,” he makes the case that life as we know it may be a computer simulation being run by our descendants.
John Alderman tells Steve Paulson that once young people figured out how to share music on the Internet, the floodgates were opened.
Lynn Peril is the author of “Pink Think: Becoming a Woman in Many Uneasy Lessons.” She tells Steve Paulson that an idealized feminine identity was marketed to women to get them to buy all sorts of things, from beauty products to toys.
Paul Flores and Marc Bamuthi Joseph are spoken-word poets in the San Francisco Bay area.
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