Jon Hein uses the term “jump-the-shark” to describe the precise moment when things begin to go bad.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jim Ridge performs a one man show called "Dickens in America," which he wrote with his friend Jim DeVita.
What made Lincoln a great president? Was he a closet racist? We hear short interviews with Lincoln historians Doris Kearns Goodwin, Orville Vernon Burton and John Stauffer.
We're all familair with karaoke -- going out, having a few drinks and singing "Don't Stop Believing" at the top of our lungs. But are you familiar with "karaoke fascism"? Monique Skidmore explains.
Robert Glasper's new album Black Radio is a reference to the black box of recordings that survives a plane crash.
Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, like many returning Iraq War veterans, struggled alone with his PTSD. Eventually he got help and made a film called "Now, After."
Joshua Clover explains the subtitle of his book, “1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This To Sing About.”
Jon Katz’ latest book is “The New Work of Dogs.” Katz says that Americans are forgetting their pets’ true natures and shouldn’t expect them to be children with fur.
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