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.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jamaica Kincaid tells Steve Paulson that slavery and colonialism helped create a tradition of irresponsibility in men like her father and stepfather.
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.
Emily Bazelon is one of the hosts of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, which has been out since 2005. She talks with Rehman Tungekar about how the Gabfest got started, how they prepare for an episode, and why it's so popular.
James Mills looks into why so few African-Americans visit the national Parks today.
Novelist Jacqueline Mitchard was one of the judges for the 2002 National Book Awards. She talks about the experience.
What makes something funny? Deep in the Colorado mountains, researcher Peter McGraw run the Humor Research Lab (HuRL, for short).
He thought he'd found the formula for funny. Then he circled the globe to test his theory. Here's what he found...
Isabel Allende talks about what happened on September 11, 1973, when a military coup in Chile overthrew her uncle, Salvador Allende.
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