Remember Stewart Band? Back in the 60s he launched the Whole Earth Catalog and then became an environmental icon. And now? He says we need nuclear power and geoengineering to reduce carbon emissions.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Kellaris is especially interested in finding out what makes some songs get stuck in listeners’ heads. He talks about this universal annoyance with Jim Fleming.
Journalist Ian Johnson is the author of “Wild Grass: Three Portraits of Change in Modern China.” He talks with Anne Strainchamps about one of them.
Journalist and documentary film-maker Jack Newfield considers boxing his guilty pleasure. He tells Steve Paulson that given fairly matched opponents, boxing reveals courage and character.
For much of her early life, rock critic Jessica Hopper was an ardent fan of punk rock. But despite her passion, she never felt like she quite fit in. That began to change once she started seeing female fronted bands performing onstage. She says the experience convinced her that there was a place for her in music. The discovery set her on a quest to uncover the countless other ways women are excluded from music, which she writes about in her book, "The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic." She spoke to producer Craig Eley about the various forms of sexism she encountered in her decades-long career as a music journalist.
James Yee was the Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay prison until he was falsely accused of treason and imprisoned without trial.
Ingrid Betancourt was abducted by Marxist rebels and held captive in the jungle for 6 years. She tells the story of her ordeal in a book called "Even Silence Has an End."
James Hood recalls what it was like to be among the first Black teenagers to attend the University of Alabama during the administration of George Wallace.
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