Michael Ruhlman is the author of “Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard.” He says that wooden boats are alive and have souls.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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While coastal dialects are being lost, new American dialects are developing all the time as American English evolves.
Consumer advocate and frequent presidential candidate, Ralph Nader reads from his book, "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us".
In this UNCUT interview, he tells Steve Paulson that the book isn't fiction; it's his handbook for how to fix the United States.
Oz Fox was the lead guitar player and a vocalist for Stryper - a hugely successful Christian heavy metal band. He tells Anne Strainchamps how the band became Christian musicians and how they combined the Christian message with the theatricality of glam rock.
We have a new Poet Laureate here in the U.S. Listen in as Natasha Trethewey talks about the history and memory embedded in her work.
You can hear more of Trethewey's poems here.
Jessica Helfand tells Jim Fleming that people constructed unique personal narratives out of whatever materials were at hand, long before there was a scrapbooking business to help them.
Poet Molly Peacock talks with Steve Paulson about the emotional impact of colors. Peacock recites a few poems.
Novelist Jane Hamilton remembers her old piano teacher and their battles over practicing.
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