Novelist Michael Ondaatje met film editor Walter Murch during the filming of Ondaatje’s Booker Prize winning “The English Patient.” Their conversations matured into a book: “The Conversation: Walter Murch and the Art of Editing Film.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
What if Karl Marx were alive today and came back for a visit? That's the premise of the one-man show "Marx in Soho," starring Brian Jones and written by the late historian Howard Zinn.
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.
Nicholas Rogers is a historian at York University in Canada and the author of “Halloween: From Pagan Ritual to Party Night.” He says that Halloween has both pagan and Christian roots and that the modern holiday once involved more treats than tricks.
Peter Turchi tells Steve Paulson that both map-making and writing place great importance on the empty spaces.
Creationist Paul Nelson, a fellow at the Discovery Institute, makes the case for his point of view.
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