Noa Guy was a promising Israeli composer whose musical career was derailed by a car accident. In this episode from Israel Story, Shai Satran tells the story of how she learned to make music again.
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National Book Award winner Andrea Barrett writes some of the most beautiful fiction we know about scientists. The stories in her new collection, "Archangel" explore the history of knowledge through five linked characters. After reading it, we're awfully glad she gave up biology to write fiction.
Sarah Bakewell recommends "The Pillow Book" by Sei Shonagon (translated by Ivan Morris).
Chelsea Cain wrote “Confessions of A Teen Sleuth: A Parody.” As she tells Anne, her book sets the record straight.
Psychologist Drew Westen tells Jim Fleming that Democrats need to learn to sell their core issues by speaking in emotionally effective language.
How accurate is Barack Obama’s memoir Dreams from My Father? In this UNCUT interview, Steve Paulson talks with acclaimed biographer David Maraniss about Obama’s real coming-of-age story, his struggle with racial identity and his early political ambitions.
Bernd Heinrich tells Steve Paulson about frogs that survive being frozen solid and bears that convert nitrogen into protein while they hibernate sleep.
Rapper Baba Brinkman tells Anne Strainchamps that Geoffrey Chaucer’s work has a lot in common with the language of hip hop music.
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