Richard Hand describes several of the programs that made that period the Golden Age of radio.
Richard Hand describes several of the programs that made that period the Golden Age of radio.
Jim Elledge is the co-editor (with Susan Swartwout) of “Real Things,” an anthology of poetry that references popular culture.
So just how good are we at predicting the future? Anne Strainchamps and Steve Paulson look back at some forecasts from the turn of the millenium.
Visionary computer scientist Jaron Lanier talks about his new book, "Who Owns the Future?"
Frances Perkins was the woman behind the New Deal as she was sworn in as Secretary of Labor under Franklin Roosevelt.
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
Kaari Pitkin produces Radio Rookies, New York's Peabody Award winning radio project for teenagers. She and one of the Rookies, Jaimita Haskell, tell Jim Fleming about the project.