Paul Martin says that people don’t get enough sleep these days and that our culture is wrong to diminish the importance and the pleasure of sleep.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Do you need an advanced degree in math or physics to make discoveries about the cosmos? Science writer Margaret Wertheim says thousands of amateur scientists have proposed their own theories about the universe.
Jim Cummings runs Earth Ear, an on-line catalogue of environmental sound-scapes. He talks about the new field of acoustic ecology.
Michael Zweig tells Steve Paulson that a lot of Americans who think they're middle class are actually working class.
Novelist Mark Salzman talks about his experience teaching creative writing at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, a detention center for L.A.’s most serious young offenders.
John Eisner and Daphne Greaves tell Steve Paulson that the Lark is a “research and development” theater company, and explain how it helps writers.
Mr. Cutlets loves meat. He rhapsodizes about pork chops and his favorite steaks with Jim Fleming.
John Van de Ruit is an actor, writer, and producer who lives in South Africa and has created a phenomenon with his novels "Spud" and its sequel "Spud: The Madness Continues."
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