Mark Katz tells Jim Fleming what a presidential joke writer does, how his team managed to get through the Lewinsky affair and what taught Bill Clinton the value of self-deprecating humor.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Joel Hirschorn thinks urban sprawl is a terrible idea and tells Steve Paulson all the reasons why.
The East Village Opera Company gives the traditional operatic repertory an extreme musical make-over, re-imagining arias as popular songs.
Why are we so obsessed with finding someone who completes us? What if we're already complete? That's what Michael Cobb wonders. In his book "Single" he argues that it's time to take the pressure off couples and look at other ways of living.
Novelist Jane Hamilton talks with Steve Paulson about the role of nostalgia in literary fiction.
Michael Shermer tells Jim Fleming that skepticism means being open to new ideas but not assuming anything is true.
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."
Pagan Kennedy is the author of “Black Livingstone,” a biography of 19th century black American missionary William Sheppard.
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