Documentary film-maker Errol Morris has made a film called "Standard Operating Procedure" about the American soldiers at Abu Ghraib. Morris and journalist Philip Gourevitch have written a companion book.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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If you heard some of Jim's readings from lauded Latin American author Eduardo Galeano's "Children of the Day" and want to hear more, voilà!
Richard Fortey tells Anne Strainchamps why he’s been a life-long fan of trilobites, ancient water creatures who swarmed the Earth millions of years before dinosaurs.
Looking for a spring read? If you've got a taste for Scandinavian crime fiction, Jens Lapidus's "Easy Money" might satisfy. In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Lapidus tells Steve Paulson that he sees himself as the anti-Stieg Larsson. A movie based on the novel is due to be released this summer. Enjoy!
Rachel Boynton's film, "Our Brand is Crisis" follows the efforts of an American political consulting firm which became involved in the Bolivian presidential election.
John Huss is the co-editor, with David Werther, of "Johnny Cash and Philosophy: The Burning Ring of Truth." In the book, 21 philosophers muse about the music of Johnny Cash.
Patrick Hennessey tells Jim Fleming about his war service in Iraq and Afghanistan and the role that books played in his life as a soldier.
In this final segment, we take a left turn to punk.
Richard Hell co-founded the band Television in the mid-70s. He also created a look and sound that would eventually be called “punk.”
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