Matthew Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic talks about why manual work matters.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rita Golden Gelman tells Anne Strainchamps how she became a professional nomad, and recounts some stories from her travels in Bali and rural Mexico.
Paul Stoller is an anthropologist who studied sorcery with the Songhay people in Niger. Years later he developed lymphoma and only then did he understand some of what his teacher had been trying to teach him.
Jennifer Cohen flew off to Russia to be a journalist and live with the man of her dreams. Things didn’t quite work out the way she planned
Michael Gates Gill told us in his first book how Starbucks saved his life. He's back with "How to Save Your Own Life" – a series of life lessons.
Robert Thurman tells Anne Strainchamps about the Buddhist concept of self and why it leads to compassion and understanding.
Marilyn Johnson talks about how librarians are emerging as heroes of the digital age because of their love for the written word, free speech and open access.
The Swedish thriller “Easy Money: Hard to Kill" is in theatres around the country right now. It's based on the hard-boiled crime novels of Jens Lapidus. As Steve Paulson discovered, Lapidus is not a big fan of most Swedish crime fiction...
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