Ben Folds is a singer/songwriter from North Carolina who recently joined forces with Nick Hornby, the critically-acclaimed novelist from England.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Author of "Crazy Like Us" argues that American versions of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, and eating disorders are spreading around the world.
Long before the Occupy movement made headlines, writer Dean Bakopoulos foreshadowed it in a darkly comic novel called My American Unhappiness.
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.
Christian Lander sees himself as an expert on "Stuff White People Like".
Emily Parker bookmarks Mario Vargas Llosa's "Conversation in the Cathedral."
Physicist Clifford Pickover talks with Steve Paulson about Magic Squares and why people get hooked on them.
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.”
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