Jem Rolls runs poetry cabarets and poetry slams in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Captain John Dalby runs a company called Marine Risk Management that out-pirates the pirates and reclaims ships for their rightful owners.
Patrick McGilligan talks about how Alfred Hitchcock chose his leading men, and what makes “Vertigo” the cinematic classic it is.
Rick Moranis has had a successful career as an actor, comedian and writer. He's appeared in the films "Ghostbusters," and "Honey, I Shrunk the Kids." He was also a cast member of the long running sketch comedy television series "SCTV."
Persi Diaconis is a former stage magician who uses card shuffling and coin tossing to illustrate complex mathematical formulae.
Maggie Nelson recommends "Close to the Knives" by David Wojnarowicz.
Martin Norden tells Anne Strainchamps that the disabled have been in films from the beginning, but only as stereotypes: bad disabled people get killed off, while good disabled people get cured.
Charles Bukowski reads his poem, "The Poetry Reading." Then, Kristen Asbjornsen speaks with Jim Fleming from her home in Norway and explains how she set Bukowski's poems to music. And we hear the results.
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