Jason Reitman wrote and directed the film "Thank You for Smoking." We hear some very funny and totally subversive clips.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Robert Ferris Thompson muses about the movements of the tango and all the passions they express.
Joan Richards teaches the history of mathematics at Brown University. Her book chronicles how her faith in mathematical laws was shaken when her son suffered a seizure.
Soprano Renee Fleming talks with Anne Strainchamps about the mystery of the human voice, and how she manages her voice, her characters, and her stage fright.
Actor/writer/comedian John McGivern grew up gay in a Catholic family in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here he shares some of his holiday memories.
Michael Ondaatje's new novel tells the tale of an eleven year old boy who traveled on board The Oronsay from Ceylon to England in 1952. Michael Ondaatje traveled on board The Oronsay from Ceylong to England in 1952, when he was eleven years old. In this uncut interview he tells Jim Fleming that while one story informs the other, they are not the same.
The question isn't "seen any good movies lately?" but instead "experienced any good paratexts lately?"
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