Taking pictures of war is complicated. The late philosopher Susan Sontag thought a lot about the moral implications of taking and looking at photos of human conflict. She wrote a classic book on the subject, called “Regarding the Pain of Others.” We're revisiting our interview with her, about how to see and think about photography.
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Nicholas Shakespeare tells Steve Paulson that Chatwin was a man of mystery and paradox who was willing to toy with the strictly factual to preserve an emotional truth. We also hear travel writer Paul Theroux comment on Chatwin, a long-time friend.
Award winning writer Pagan Kennedy has written an essay about Dr. Alex Comfort, the pioneering sex researcher behind the book "The Joy of Sex."
Vladimir Nabokov is not only a great literary figure. He was a world-class lepidopterist who named ten new species. Pyle tells Judith Strasser about Nabokov’s work with butterflies.
British TV Producer Peter Pomerantsev found he was out of his depth when he was invited to move to Moscow to develop a Russian version of the west's popular reality shows.
Paul Krugman is one of America's most visible economists. He teaches at Princeton, has a column in the New York Times and won the 2008 Nobel Prize in Economics.
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.
Journalist Amanda Taub believes the political correctness backlash misses the point and glosses over real issues. In an article published in Vox.com, she argues that so-called political correctness is really about protecting and promoting marginalized voices.
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