The rich are getting rich and the gap between the rich and poor in America is getting wider.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nevada Barr has written 15 mystery novels featuring Park Ranger Anna Pigeon.
Steve Paulson chats with three writers from “The Onion” - the satirical newspaper that started out here in Madison.
Karen Joy Fowler won the PEN/Faulkner Award for best fiction for her novel "We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves." Based on a true story, it’s the remarkable tale of two girls raised as sisters, until one is removed from the family. The twist is that one sister is a chimpanzee.
Karen Armstrong is one of the world's best-known writers on religion, but her own spiritual path hasn't been easy. She tells us why she joined a convent and then left - and how she later came to appreciate religious texts.
Leonard Todd wrote "Carolina Clay: The Life and Legend of the Slave Potter Dave" to explore the history of two families - Potter Dave's and his own.
Jerome Wakefield tells Steve Paulson how the medical profession's attempts to make precise diagnoses have led them to define emotional states as medical conditions.
A New York Times film critic talks about the role of film criticism in contemporary society.
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