Music historian Henry Sapoznik tells the story of Blind Alfred Reed and one of the early American protest songs.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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No one doubts memory is one of the things that shapes our sense of self, but is there a science of self?
Craig Childs is a naturalist and nature writer whose latest book is "The Animal Dialogues: Uncommon Encounters in the Wild." He talks with Steve Paulson about some of his life-threatening encounters with wild creatures and why he's not especially worried in the wild.
Clyde Prestowitz tells Jim Fleming that India has an educated, skilled work force and can do business in English, so it's cashing in thanks to an internet-based economy.
Food critic Carolyn Wyman talks with Steve Paulson about the history of Wonder Bread.
Daniel Smith talks about his book, "Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety."
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.
You wouldn’t think the novel “Lolita” would go over big in an underground women’s book club in Tehran. But literature, like the people who read it, has a way of surprising you. Azar Nafizi is the author of the celebrated memoir “Reading Lolita in Tehran.”
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