Jane Walmsley is an American who’s lived in England for twenty five years. Her book is “Brit-Think, Ameri-Think.” She talks with Anne Strainchamps about how American attitudes differ from British ones.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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This is a poem by Susan Avishai about a single elderly woman who lived next door for more than 25 years.She wrote it just a few months before her neighbor passed away.
Nicholas Christopher collected myths and legends for years to write his novel, "The Bestiary."
A 93 year old bee-keeping Sherlock Holmes gets embroiled with the son of a former client in Japan, and forges a relationship with his new housekeeper's son.
.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.
Lynne Cox is a long distance swimmer who specializes in the impossible. She tells Steve Paulson how she trained, and how she’s able to do survive in such cold water.
Peter Cordani is CEO of Dyn-O-Mat. He invents things. Like Dyn-O-Storm - a polymer gel that can be sprayed on clouds to make them go away.
Matt Haimovitz tells Steve Paulson why he plays music that goes so far beyond the standard repertoire, and why he plays it in bars and coffeehouses as well as concert halls.
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