Paul Lukas talks with Jim Fleming about the gadget that measures your shoe size, and the charm of the string on the box of Animal Crackers.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Feldman, host of public radio’s comedy quiz show “Whad’ya Know,” provides his take on Groucho and putting audience members down when you still want them to like you.
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.
Physicist Janna Levin tells Steve Paulson why she wanted to write about mathematicians Alan Turing and Kurt Godel, and why her book is a novel.
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.
Novelist Jennifer Egan talks with Jim Fleming about the middle eastern terrorist at the heart of her novel “Look at Me,” and how she reacted to the events of September 11th.
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.
Loren Coleman tells Jim Fleming why he's still looking for the next Lake Monster or Bigfoot or Thunderbird.
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