Film-maker Pola Rapaport talks with Steve Paulson about "Story of O." Rapaport has made a film about the classic erotic novel and its famously secretive author.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Neuro-scientist Robert Provine, author of “Laughter: A Scientific Investigation,” tells Steve Paulson about a two year laughing jag in Tanzania.
Jay Rubin is the author of “Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words.” He talks about why he first read Murakami, and talks about some of his stories, especially one called “The Elephant Vanishes.”
John Cage wrote some of the most controversial music of the 20th Century. Kenneth Silverman explores Cage's life in a groundbreaking biography called "Begin Again."
Mitch Cantor is the founder of Gadfly Records, and dedicated to spreading the word about obscure, unique and offbeat projects. Cantor tells Steve Paulson about some of the artists he records.
Jessica Stern is one of the world's foremost experts on terrorism. In her book "Denial: A Memoir of Terror," Stern recounts her own brutal rape at age fifteen.
TTBOOK Technical Director Caryl Owen files this report on Ray Turner, a.k.a. The Eel Man, and proprietor of Delaware Delicacies Smoke House.
Jonathan Kozol tells Jim Fleming about the children in the Mott Haven neighborhood of the South Bronx and why he’s hopeful about them in spite of the terrible problems in their community.
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