Lee Smolin tells Steve Paulson about the debate in the blogosphere about string theory's failure to advance the field of physics beyond the accepted model.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Historian Jeremi Suri gives a new take on the sixties. Suri says national leaders began to cooperate with each other because none of them could communicate with the youth at home.
Noam Chomsky may be America's most prominent radical intellectual. An outspoken critic of U.S. foreign policy, he says the mainstream media simply won't acknowledge his political perspective.
Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx wrote the music and lyrics for “Avenue Q” - the hit Broadway musical about life and love in New York performed by puppets. John Tartaglia is the voice of the lead character.
Martha Bayles talks with Anne Strainchamps about why we love war movies and what messages they send.
Jimmy Santiago Baca is a champion of the International Poetry Slam, and the author of four books of verse. He talks with Steve Paulson about the power of poetry and reads some of his own verse.
Randall Miller and Jody Savin wrote, directed and are distributing the 2008 Sundance Festival film, "Bottle Shock."
John Lloyd Young is starring as Frankie Valli of The Four Seasons in "Jersey Boys." He tells Anne Strainchamps why he decided to become an actor.
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