Anthropologist Cynthia Mahmood is among the few Westerners who’s actually spent time talking with Islamic terrorists on their turf.
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Psychologists John and Julie Gottman are famous for being able to predict with 94% accuracy whether a couple will break up, stay together unhappily, or stay together happily. In their Love Lab, they've identified hidden patterns of behavior that can strengthen or weaken relationships. If we'd known the secret to a good marriage was non-linear differential equations, we might have paid more attention in math class.
Betty Cortina, editorial director of Latina Magazine, tells Jim Fleming that Latino-chic is more than ruffles and hoop earrings. It’s about self-expression and honoring the past.
Karl Marx biographer Francis Wheen tells Steve Paulson his subject was a thoroughly bourgeois man who chose utter penury.
Cultural geographer Bradley Garrett's Dangerous Idea? Rediscover overlooked sites in cities.
Talking about race is fraught these days, so it took guts for Paul Beatty to write his novel "The Sellout." It's a satire about a young black man who winds up on trial at the Supreme Court. And along the way, he enslaves an old friend and re-segregates the local high school.
Public radio storyteller David Sedaris is often called America’s preeminent humorist. He recently stopped by our studio before a sold-out performance in Madison and talked with Steve Paulson about how he got started as a writer, the differences between writing and performing on stage, the...
Elliot Perlman is a Barrister in his native Australia. He’s also the author of a novel called “Seven Types of Ambiguity,” told by seven different narrators.
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