Chris Turner is the author of “Planet Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation.”
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Dr. Ted Kaptchuk tells Steve Paulson about the work of some Danish researchers who have concluded that “the Placebo effect” is a myth.
When and how did American get so polarized? For answers, Jonathan Chait recommends reading "What Hath God Wrought," a history of American politics from 1815-1848 by the Pulitzer prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe.
Billie Whitelaw was Samuel Beckett’s favorite actress and appeared in his plays for over twenty years. She tells Steve Paulson she never understood the plays but thinks Beckett’s a genius.
Carl Safina tells Jim Fleming about the leatherback turtle, which has been around for a hundred million years.
Most young men during the Vietnam era faced a choice, whether or not to be drafted into the US Armed Forces. For Jim Fleming, and his friends Robert Cardinaux and Mark Peterson, the chose to become Conscientious Objectors. They worked together in alternative service as psychiatric aides.
Ernie Cline talks to Anne Strainchamps about his novel, "Ready Player One," which revolves around a massively multi-player online game and '80s pop culture.
Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
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