Jacqueline Novogratz tells Jim Fleming how she combines capitalism and charity to apply business principles to philanthropy in a way that benefits people's lives.
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Renowned Shakespeare scholar Stephen Greenblatt has just published a new book about the foundation for the Renaissance and the modern world.
Crime fiction is increasingly a global phenomenon. Maybe you've heard of Nordic Noir... but how about Euro Noir? Or African, Indian, Japanese crime fiction?
Ian Caldwell and Dustin Thomason wrote a book about four brainy Princeton students and a 15th century manuscript written in code and it’s a runaway hit.
Jack Sullivan tells Anne Strainchamps about the partnership between Alfred Hitchcock and Bernard Hermann which resulted in some of the greatest film scores ever written.
Rev. Alex Gee grew up in the shadow of the UW campus in Madison, and today is one of the city's senior ministers. Yet like many African American men he's been the victim of racial profiling in his own hometown. Rev. Gee spoke to Charles Monroe Kane about the everyday realities of racism and classism, and how they lock people out of the Wisconsin Idea.
Leonard Bernstein’s daughter, Jamie Bernstein Thomas recalls what it was like growing up with her famous father.
Inocente is a 19 year old girl who grew up in San Diego. She loves art and is an accomplished painter. She’s also lived most of her life here as an undocumented immigrant from Mexico. She was the subject of the film that won the 2013 Oscar for best documentary short. It’s called Inocente.
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