Ben Folds is a singer/songwriter from North Carolina who recently joined forces with Nick Hornby, the critically-acclaimed novelist from England.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Evelin Sullivan, author of “The Concise Book of Lying,” talks with Steve Paulson about lies of necessity, little white lies, and what sort of deception really makes people angry.
Sacred music provided comfort and hope to generations of African Americans, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Music historian Robert Darden tells this inspiring story and we hear lots of great music.
Novelist Richard Powers bookmarks "Objects and Empathy" by Arthur Saltzman.
Gabor Maté is a physician at OnSite, a Vancouver detox facility and the only supervised injection site in North America.
From the tiniest microscopic particles to some of the biggest structures on earth, the new science of astrobiology is leading the way to the discovery of life elsewhere in the universe. Dimitar Sasselov explains why the creation of the world's first artificial cells will revolutionize lifeon our planet.
Bryandt Urstadt tells Steve Paulson about the grim future the peak oilers are already getting ready for and thinks we should all buy gold.
Cary Sudler is descended from a slave-holding plantation family. He discovered that he shares the Sudler name with both black and white families in the area around the old plantation.
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