Charles McGrath thinks comic books or graphic novels are becoming a legitimate art form that will probably continue to evolve.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chris Thomas King played blues legend Tommy Johnson in the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” His tune on the soundtrack won 3 Grammy Awards. King sees his music as a bridge between the worlds of hip hop and the Blues.
David Thomson is a film critic. His new book is called "‘Have You Seen...?': A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films." He tells Steve Paulson the book is not just a list of the thousand greatest films.
Anne speaks with Claire Tomalin, Austen's biographer. They talk about Jane Austen and the contemporary fascination with her.
It’s 2055, a regular weekday morning… Where do you wake up? With a booming population and more people moving into urban areas, chances are you’d be living in a city. But what might that city look like? Mitchell Joaquim is an architect, and one of the founders of the innovative design group, TerreForm1.
Jazz musician Ben Sidran talks with Jim Fleming about the tremendous influence Jewish immigrant composers and songwriters had on American popular music.
No one doubts memory is one of the things that shapes our sense of self, but is there a science of self?
Music historian Henry Sapoznik tells the story of Blind Alfred Reed and one of the early American protest songs.
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