David Schmader thinks "Showgirls" is the most brilliant bad movie ever made. He did a commentary for the new DVD edition and tells Steve Paulson why it's so hilarious.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dambisa Moyo was born in Zambia, got a Master's degree from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and a Ph.D. in Economics from Oxford...
Irish poet Dennis O'Driscoll has eight books of poetry. The latest one is "New and Selected Poems."
Barry Unsworth says that the layers of history are tangible on Crete, and talks about some of the island’s mythic figures.
Daniel Alarcon is from Peru and the author of “Lost City Radio,” a fable about a nameless country broken in the aftermath of war and the woman who does a radio program for the families of the disappeared.
He sounded the alarm about global warming over 20 years ago. Now he has a model of how to survive on our changed planet.
Chuck Klosterman talks about "Through a Glass, Blindly," the essay about voyeurism in his book, "Eating the Dinosaur."
Dave Soldier is a neurologist with an unusual hobby. He teaches elephants to play musical instruments.
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