David Greenberger transforms the words of elderly people in his series of "Duplex Planet" zines, comic books, spoken-word performances and radio plays.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Frank Kermode tells Steve Paulson that Shakespeare revolutionized the English language and worked within a culture that got most of its information from listening.
After writer Olivia Laing relocated to New York from England, she quickly discovered how lonely you can feel in crowd. Still reeling after a breakup and struggling to adapt to a new country, she turned to artists like Edward Hopper, Andy Warhol, and David Wojnarowicz to better understand how you can still feel isolated in a city teeming with millions of people.
Chuck Klosterman tells Steve Paulson that interviewing celebrities is a tricky business because there really isn't any up side in it for the star.
Daniel Dennett is one of the leading advocates of evolutionary theory and a fierce critic of creationism.
Biologist Bill Streever is a cryophile – someone who loves the cold.
Nick Lowe has been making music for 40 years, as a solo artist and with such bands as Rockpile and Little Village. Many critics say he's doing his best work now, at the age of 58.
Last summer's sleeper hit was a book by David Wroblewski called "The Story of Edgar Sawtelle." Wroblewski reads from his novel and talks with Jim Fleming about his life in Wisconsin as the child of a family who raised dogs.
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