Taking pictures of war is complicated. The late philosopher Susan Sontag thought a lot about the moral implications of taking and looking at photos of human conflict. She wrote a classic book on the subject, called “Regarding the Pain of Others.” We're revisiting our interview with her, about how to see and think about photography.
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Michael Doucet is the founder of the pioneering, Grammy Award-winning Cajun band, BeauSoleil. He also has an extensive background in arts education.
The East Village Opera Company gives the traditional operatic repertory an extreme musical make-over, re-imagining arias as popular songs.
Paul Greenberg tells Jim Fleming that Russians get under the skin of Americans, who often make promises they can’t fulfill to the Russians’ expectations.
When Katy Butler's aging father got a pacemaker, his life slid into dementia, incontinence and misery. Katy talks about choosing care over cure.
Steve Roggenbuck’s no traditional poet. Sure, he writes, but he’s built a following by posting videos of himself to Youtube. And his latest book is subtitled, "poems and selfies."
Can science finally answer the age-old mystery, how something can come out of nothing? Physicist Lawrence Krauss says yes, and in the process he’s set off an intellectual brawl with theologians and philosophers.
TTBOOK host Jim Fleming responds to the documentary film “If a Tree Falls” that follows Daniel McGowan – a convicted terrorist… currently serving time. McGowan used arson as political protest with The Earth Liberation Front – a group the FBI considers America’s number one domestic terrorist threat.
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