Rick Lyman's book “Watching Movies: The Biggest Names in Cinema Talk about the Films that Matter Most” tells of time spent with Woody Allen, Sissy Spacek, Ang Lee and others, watching other peoples’ films.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Meir Shalev tells Jim Fleming that he thinks the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian problem reached at the conclusion of that war was a just one and that the parties should return to the 1948 agreement.
China Miéville’s latest novel, “Embassytown”, in one of this year's nominees for the Nebula Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing. In this UNCUT interview, Miéville talks about the book and a whole lot more.
Biologist Marc Bekoff talks with Jim Fleming about his years of research into animal emotions and behavior, from penguins and foxes to his dog, Jethro.
Kate La Riviere-Gagner's Dangerous Idea? There should be a reality show to give people a better idea of what a day in the life of a teacher is like.
Journalist Neil Strauss tells Steve Paulson about the two years he spent with a group of pick up artists - men who share techniques about how to charm women.
Historian and philosopher of science Robert Richards tells Steve Paulson that Charles Darwin himself believed evolution marches inevitably toward greater complexity.
Mark Dunn's book, “Ella Minnow Pea,” explores what happens when individual letters begin to be expunged from the language. It’s a technical tour de force since the author labors under the same restrictions as his characters.
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