Moshin Hamid shares many characteristics with the central character of his novel, "The Reluctant Fundamentalist."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Lieutenant Shannon Kilkoyne talks about her experience as a female soldier in Iraq.
Margaret Weis tells Steve Paulson all about dragons, and about the dragon world she created for her books.
Matthew Klam talks about his experience with Ecstasy and reflects on the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on the cultural perception of drug use.
Neda Ulaby, NPR reporter and cultural critic, talks with Jim Fleming about the film adaptation of Laurence Sterne's "Tristram Shandy."
In Chicago’s 49th Ward they engage in Participatory Budgeting - in other words the residents of the 49th Ward decide how to spend their ward’s money.
Coke consistently outsells Pepsi, though Pepsi routinely wins blind taste tests. Why is one of the mysteries of advertising.
In Mark Salzman’s novel “Lying Awake,” a Carmelite nun learns that her religious raptures may be symptoms of epilepsy.
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