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Danny Wallace on "Yes Man"

Danny Wallace decided to say “yes” to everything for a year. He tells Steve Paulson why, and what happened...

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Christopher Moore on "The Most Intriguing Words around the World"

 Christopher Moore talks about untranslatable words.

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Art Spiegelman on "The Shadow of No Towers"

Art Spiegelman's new book is “In the Shadow of No Towers” in which he recounts his very personal response to 9-11. 

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Dangerous Idea: Save the Habitat for All Creatures

Doug Peacock's Dangerous Idea? We need to save the planet before it's too late.

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Cecil Brown on "Stagolee Shot Billy"

Cecil Brown has researched the true story that gave rise to the Stagolee myth, and explains what the song has meant to various groups, especially within the African-American community.

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David George Gordon on Cooking with Bugs

David George Gordon tells Jim Fleming cicadas outnumber human beings two hundred thousand to one, so we have to do something to even the odds. Why not eat them?

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Colin Thubron on "Shadow of the Silk Road"

The Silk Road was once the great meeting place between the East and the West - a network of ancient trading routes winding through China and India, across Central Asia and Iran to the Mediterranean.

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Beverly Lapp on "The Star Spangled Banner"

Essayist Beverly Lapp explains what "The Star Spangled Banner" means to her as a Mennonite.

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