Margaret Salinger talks about her childhood in the woods of New Hampshire with her father, J.D. Salinger.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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John Updike talks with Steve Paulson about the business of being interviewed. Updike is skittish about giving interviews, but often finds himself saying more than he’d planned once he gets going.
Ned Rorem tells Jim Fleming that the world of classical music is all about money today and that performers seem to matter even more than the music.
Historian John D'Emilio tells Jim Fleming that Bayard Rustin was crucial to the civil rights movement but has been forgotten because he was gay.
Mark Ross talks recounts the nightmare of being kidnaped, along with a group of tourists he was guiding, by armed rebels in Uganda.
Historian Joseph Persico tells Jim Fleming that Roosevelt loved the thrilling, clandestine aspects of espionage, and had to learn to appreciate the advantages of electronic spying.
Justin O. Schmidt is a research biologist and professor at the University of Arizona School of Entomology. He's the creator of Schmidt Sting Pain Index.
Nina Paley has made a film using animation, Indonesian shadow puppets and a ‘20s era jazz singer to re-tell the story from the Ramayana of the marriage of the Hindu god Rama and his wife, Sita.
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