Doug Worgul works for Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que in Olathe, Kansas. He's also a writer and the author of a barbecue novel called, "Thin Blue Smoke." He explains what makes Kansas City style barbecue different from other styles.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Rick Steves is the author of 30 European guidebooks, and host of public radio and television travel shows.
Peter T. Kilborn talks about the "new rootless professional class" that consists of mid-level managers and executives who move every few years (sometimes enormous distances, or to foreign countries) to advance their careers.
Classicist Mary Lefkowitz talks with Steve Paulson about Mars, the Roman God of War. The Greeks called him Ares, and he had a tough time for a god.
Jason Spingarn-Koff is a film-maker whose new documentary is called "Life 2.0." It tells the stories of several people who immerse themselves in the "Second Life" computer game...
With all that New York has to offer, Robert Sullivan chose to spend his time in a dark alley in Manhattan observing rats.
The press has been pumping out opinion pieces about selfies. One of the biggest debates is, what do they say about self-esteem? We turned to the psychologists…
Michael Chabon wrote “Wonder Boys,” the source for the popular Michael Douglas film, and won the Pulitzer Prize for “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Klay.” Now he’s written a children’s book, “Summerland.”
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