A discussion of what makes a successful children’s picture book. Participants include: Kevin Henkes, Uri Shulevitz, and Barbara Barstow.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jonathan Kozol tells Jim Fleming about the children in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx and why he’s hopeful about them in spite of the terrible problems in their community.
Pir Zubair Shah is a Pakistani journalist who risked his life reporting for the New York Times from his homeland -- Waziristan, in the heart of Taliban-controlled Pashtun area. He won a Pulitzer Prize for his work, but had to leave his country.
Cape Breton fiddler Natalie McMaster says that she’s been step dancing and playing the fiddle since she was a child.
Julia Sweeney grew up Catholic, but lost her faith and left the Church.
Rocker Nick Cave talks with Steve Paulson about the relative freedom of writing prose versus song-writing...
Sacks had a particular fascination with the ways our brains can play tricks on our vision. He also reveals his own lifelong struggle to recognize the faces of other people.
Michael Shermer explains why he and like-minded scientific people don’t think much of Mark Vicente's film, “What the Bleep Do We Know”.
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