Charles Monroe-Kane is tired of hearing Baby Boomers wax nostalgic and he tells us why.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ben Greenman is the author of a book called “Superbad: Stories and Pieces.” One of the stories it contains is called “Blurbs” which is nothing but a collection of blurbs.
Elisabet Sahtouris has no truck with Biblical creationists but thinks the standard story of evolution has major problems.
John Cheever wrote hundreds of short stories and kept an extensive private journal, fabricated his accent and was primarily gay despite siring three children and remaining in a long marriage. We hear about his life from Blake Bailey, who wrote a biography on the great author.
Novelist Michel Faber recommends one of his favorite books: "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater," by Kurt Vonnegut.
Are you feeling a little cynical? Maybe a little down? Have no fear, we have a documentary to cure what ails you. It’s called “The Gnomist.” As in garden gnomes. And if you think this is some sort of post modern ironic bait and switch you could be no further from the truth. Our producer Charles Monroe-Kane caught up with the film’s director, Sharon Liese, to find out what happened with garden gnomes along the Tomahawk Creek Trail in Overland Park, Kansas. A place now dubbed The Firefly Forest.
Daniel Levitin reacts to a musical example Anne Strainchamps provides and talks about music and children's brains.
Jazz performer Esperanza Spalding shares what a lifetime of improvising has taught her about reconciliation.
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