Hao Jiang Tian grew up in China during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Now he sings at the Met. Tian tells the story of how he moved from his hated piano lessons to life as a vocalist.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Hilla Medalia made a documentary for HBO called "To Die in Jerusalem." It's about a Palestinian suicide bomber and one of her victims.
Physicist Geoffrey West is trying to uncover the fundamental, physical principles that shape cities. In this UNCUT interview with Steve Paulson, he talks about how cities are - and are not - like organisms.
Greg Critser says that most of the claims of the advocates of organic food have very little science behind them. He thinks chefs should concentrate on creating satisfying food and not saving the world.
Hendrik Hartog explodes the myth that the 19th century was the golden age of marriage. He tells Jim Fleming that separation, desertion, and bigamy were common long before divorce was legal.
Charles Duhigg, a reporter for the New York Times, has been researching the scientific and social history of habits for his new book, The Power of Habit. In it, he discusses the unique ways that habits shape our lives, both neurologically and practically. He learned that habits are powerfully hardwired into your brain — and stored separately from your memories — making them rather easy to develop and very difficult to change.
Neil Gaiman's latest novel is "The Ocean at the End of the Lane." In this UNCUT interview, he tells Anne about writing his first new book for adults in seven years. They talk about childhood fears and memories, grandmothers, the language of shaping, and the three magical, mysterious women at the heart of creation.
Stories of ghosts and clairvoyants are everywhere, but can they stand up to scientific scrutiny? A hundred years ago, William James led an elite group of scientists to investigate the paranormal. Deborah Blum tells this remarkable story.
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