Rachel Naomi Remen tells Steve Paulson it’s important to treat the whole person, not just the disease and says she has no idea what happens at the end of life.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jason Zinoman talks to Jim Fleming about his book, "Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror."
According to John Leland, the hipster is an outsider who crosses boundaries and challenges the mainstream. He also talks about the overlap between being hip and using drugs.
So romance is about attraction, about intimacy, and sometimes about sex. Sometimes, it's also about love. And love is all around.
If you think the American middle class has it bad, consider life in debt-ridden Italy or Greece. Best-selling financial writer Michael Lewis portrays the downfall of several European countries with his usual verve, in Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World.
Steve Paulson talks with Jerry Huffman, a reporter and anchor for Wisconsin Public Television, about the best recent books that try to make sense of the Post Cold War World.
Jonatha Brooke is a singer and songwriter who was invited by Woody Guthrie's daughter to visit her famous father's archives and use some of his unpublished material. The result is an album called "The Works."
Karen Levine talks with Anne Strainchamps about “Hana’s Suitcase.” Hana Brady perished as a child in a Nazi death camp.
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