Emily Parker bookmarks Mario Vargas Llosa's "Conversation in the Cathedral."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Christian Lander sees himself as an expert on "Stuff White People Like".
Sacred music provided comfort and hope to generations of African Americans, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Music historian Robert Darden tells this inspiring story and we hear lots of great music.
Bruce Campbell, (to his chagrin) still best known as “Ash” from “The Evil Dead” movies, talks with Jim Fleming about his memoir, “If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor.”
Physicist Clifford Pickover talks with Steve Paulson about Magic Squares and why people get hooked on them.
Daniel Pinchbeck is the heir to Timothy Leary: he explores and advocates the use of psychedelic drugs.
David Denby of The New Yorker tells Steve Paulson that Pauline Kael was the most remarkable person he’s ever known.
David Mamet talks with Steve Paulson and says the secret to writing a successful screenplay is to focus on what happens next. That's all the audience cares about.
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