According to Nathaniel Philbrick, Melville’s classic “Moby Dick,” will always be worth our time and attention, no matter the age. He makes the case for reading what he calls a kind of "American Bible."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Randall Miller and Jody Savin wrote, directed and are distributing the 2008 Sundance Festival film, "Bottle Shock."
Historian Jill Lepore talks with Jim Fleming about Noah Webster and his dictionary. She says Webster thought Americans should have their own language and he celebrated American words.
Politicians love to stump about the middle class and the American Dream. But the struggle to make a decent living in the United States isn’t just politics… it’s personal. Here’s a story from Arturo Camelot, a student at Tucson’s City High School.
Moshin Hamid shares many characteristics with the central character of his novel, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist."
Healing democracy, one living room at a time. Joan Blades and Parker Palmer introduce us to a grassroots movement that brings small groups of people together across bitter political divisions, to help them find common ground.
Lieutenant Shannon Kilkoyne talks about her experience as a female soldier in Iraq.
Michael Flanigan and Doug Mancheski starred in the Madison Repertory Theatre’s production of the musical comedy “Guys on Ice.”
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