Philosopher Colin McGinn talks about mental manipulation.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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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.
Music journalist Charles R. Cross shares one of his favorite forgotten albums from The Sonics.
Cultural geographer Bradley Garrett's Dangerous Idea? Rediscover overlooked sites in cities.
Karl Marx biographer Francis Wheen tells Steve Paulson his subject was a thoroughly bourgeois man who chose utter penury.
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.
Philip K. Dick scholar David Gill talks about Hollywood's adaptations of Philip K. Dick's novels and short stories.
Charles Harper Webb is the author of a poetry collection called “Hot Popsicles.” He talks about the use of pop culture imagery in his work.
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