John Updike talks with Steve Paulson about the business of being interviewed. Updike is skittish about giving interviews, but often finds himself saying more than he’d planned once he gets going.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Mark Ross talks recounts the nightmare of being kidnaped, along with a group of tourists he was guiding, by armed rebels in Uganda.
Historian Joseph Persico tells Jim Fleming that Roosevelt loved the thrilling, clandestine aspects of espionage, and had to learn to appreciate the advantages of electronic spying.
Justin O. Schmidt is a research biologist and professor at the University of Arizona School of Entomology. He's the creator of Schmidt Sting Pain Index.
Neil Gaiman creates mythic fictional worlds. He tells Anne Strainchamps how our lives are shaped and scarred by childhood experiences.
Maureen Adams tells Jim Fleming about the dogs who were the companions and inspiration of some of our greatest women writers.
In this week in 1979, Sony introduced the Walkman portable cassette player. In our digital age the cassette is ancient history, right? Thank again.
Koren Zailckas started drinking at fourteen; she tells Steve Paulson how frighteningly easy it is for very young girls to get alcohol.
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