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Ellen Handler-Spitz on "The Brightening Glance: Imagination and Childhood"

Ellen Handler-Spitz talks with Jim Fleming about the how imagination develops in childhood.

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Frank Kermode on "Shakespeare's Language"

Frank Kermode tells Steve Paulson that Shakespeare revolutionized the English language and worked within a culture that got most of its information from listening.

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Ever Wonder About the Sounds a Building Makes?

Sound engineer Ryan Schimmenti put it best, "every space has a sound, every sound tells a story." Using high-end equipment he documents and records the "voices" of buildings.

There are a lot of those sounds in this piece. But if you want more . . .

 

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Brent Silby on "The Simulated Universe"

Brent Silby teaches philosophy in Christchurch, New Zealand and is the author of an article in "Philosophy Now" magazine called "The Simulated Universe."

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Arturo Marcano on the Globalization of Baseball

Arturo Marcano tells Steve Paulson about the exploitative system of player development in Venezuela and the Dominican Republic that fuels the American major leagues.

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Dan Lamoureux on "Nerdcore for Life"

Dan Lamoureux is a self-described dork who produced and directed the documentary film "Nerdcore for Life."

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Bill McKibben on "Deep Economy"

Bill McKibben has been warning us about global warming since his 1989 book "The End of Nature." In his new Book, "Deep Economy," he makes the case that "more" does not lead to a happier life.

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Edmund Morris on Theodore Roosevelt

Edmund Morris has written three books about Teddy Roosevelt; his third, "Colonel Roosevelt" picks up the story after TR left the White House.

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