On a foggy summer night, eleven people depart Martha's Vineyard on a private jet bound for New York. Sixteen minutes later, the plane plunges into the ocean and only two people survive. This is how the new novel, "Before the Fall," opens. It's one of the best suspense novels of the year. The author is Noah Hawley, who's made a name for himself as the executive producer and writer of the award-winning TV series, "Fargo." And yes, "Fargo" is inspired by the Coen Brothers' film of the same name.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Charles Eisenstein's Dangerous Idea? Questioning our core beliefs can change our world.
Researchers have discovered that cats have their own taste in music. It sounds nothing like that crap you listen to.
Chris Gray is the author of “Cyborg Citizen.” He thinks anyone whose body has been artificially altered by technology is a cyborg. Forget bionic limbs, he means even people who’ve had vaccinations!
Pianist Christopher O'Riley agrees with Duke Ellington that there are only two kinds of music - good and bad. He has a thriving career playing both classical music and his own arrangements of Elliot Smith and Radiohead.
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.
Arthur Zajonc tells Jim Fleming that Einstein's idea of god is common to many top scientists.
Ritu is a London based DJ who’s compiled a new collection called “The Rough Guide to Bollywood.” She describes the booming Indian movie business.
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