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Reading: Natsuo Kirino's "Real World"

Natsuo Kirino is one of Japan's best known writers.  We sample an excerpt from her psychological thriller, Real World.

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Life Inc. - Douglas Rushkoff

Douglas Rushkoff talks about his book, "Life Inc: How Corporatism Conquered the World, and How We Can Take It Back." 

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Nine Years - Richard Pumilia

A couple tries to stave off aging in this story by Richard Pumilia.

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Lawrence Lessig on The Hybrid Economy

Lawrence Lessig is the creator of the Creative Commons and says that our current copyright law is far too restrictive and stifles creativity.

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Jim Fleming reads Haruki Murakami's "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running"

Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."

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Patricia O'Conner on the English Language

Patricia O'Conner tells Jim Fleming that what Americans think of as a British accent is a fairly recent development.

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Janet Guthrie on "A Life at Full Throttle"

Janet Guthrie was the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500. Her autobiography is called “A Life at Full Throttle.”

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Richard Goldstein on the Neo-Macho Movement

Richard Goldstein, executive editor of the Village Voice, is appalled by the rampant chauvinism of popular culture.

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