Frederick Turner is the author of “1929: a Novel of the Jazz Age.” Turner reads from the book and talks with Steve Paulson about its central character, Bix Beiderbeck.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chitra Divakaruni tells Anne Strainchamps that the events of 9/11 convinced her of the importance of multi-cultural literature for children.
Psychiatrist Darold Treffert is one of the world's authorities on savant syndrome. In this EXTENDED interview, he calls savants "islands of genius" and says we won't understand consciousness until we figure out what's happening in the minds of savants.
David Gilmour decided to let his son, Jesse, drop out of school, provided that he agree to watch three movies a week with his father. He talks about this experience.
Bart Kosko is a professor of electrical engineering at USC and the author of "Noise." He explains the science of noise. And we hear lots of examples.
Chuck Klosterman talks about his new book, "I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)."
Bill Moyers has won 9 Peabody Awards and 30 Emmys, and now hosts a show on PBS. His particular niche is exploring big ideas on television, as he did in his memorable series with myth-maker Joseph Campbell.
As part of the series on death and dying Dan Pierotti and his wife Judy invited us in to the last months of Dan's life. Here's the
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