Lev Grossman talks about his novel, "The Magicians," with Anne Strainchamps. It's the story of a young man who discovers magic is real, not that it makes his life any less complicated.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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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”.
Peter Turchi tells Steve Paulson that both map-making and writing place great importance on the empty spaces.
Ithaca Hours is the oldest and largest alternative currency in the US. Since 1991, Ithaca Hours has an estimated circulation of several million dollars and has spawned about 80 imitators around the country.
Rocker Nick Cave talks with Steve Paulson about the relative freedom of writing prose versus song-writing...
TTBOOK Technical Director Caryl Owen files this report on Ray Turner, a.k.a. The Eel Man, and proprietor of Delaware Delicacies Smoke House.
Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard has been called "the happiest man in the world." He shares a few thoughts on finding resilience in a crazy world.
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