A Danish director talks about his latest movie which is as dark and brooding as Nordic Noir crime novels.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.
Patricia Smith is an African American who's the four-time champion of the National Poetry Slam.
Matthew Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic talks about why manual work matters.
Pullman speaks with Steve Paulson about the fictional world he's created.
British composer John Tavener tells Steve Paulson that he merely records the music that God created, and that he scorns music like Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony which celebrates humanity rather than the Divine.
The French satirical magazine, Charlie Hebdo, was presented with a Freedom on Expression award from the PEN American Center this week. Six high-profile writers boycotted the awards ceremony at PEN's big annual gala. Hundreds more protested, while others gave the magazine's editors a standing ovation. The chariman of the PEN World Voices Festival is Colm Toibin, the celebrated Irish novelist. Toibin shares his thoughs on the controversy.
Michael Gates Gill told us in his first book how Starbucks saved his life. He's back with "How to Save Your Own Life" – a series of life lessons.
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