Nathaniel Philbrick tells Jim Fleming that the myth of the first Thanksgiving is great for children, but the truth about Plymouth Plantation is a lot darker and more complicated.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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At the age of 28, Chinese pianist Lang Lang has already played with the Vienna Philharmonic, the Berlin Philharmonic and all of the top American orchestras.
Richard Conniff is a journalist who sees parallels between the rich and some animal species. He’s the author of “The Natural History of the Rich: A Field Guide.”
Joshua Clover explains the subtitle of his book, “1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This To Sing About.”
Michael Zweig tells Steve Paulson that a lot of Americans who think they're middle class are actually working class.
Many of the biggest ideas in science today were dreamed up in the studios of NY's avant garde artists. So says John Brockman. He was there. Today, he brings the same wide-ranging intellectual spirit to his online science salon, Edge.org.
Want to hear more of Domenico Vicinanza's music from Voyager 1 and 2? Here it is.
Writer Nigel Nicolson says Woolf invented the stream-of consciousness literary style, endured several bouts of madness, and died a suicide.
Lesley Kagen was a Milwaukee girl. But she blew off Wisconsin for the bright lights of LA, where she lived for 10 years. But despite the lures of California, something about Milwaukee kept calling her home.
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