Dean King tells Jim Fleming about the ordeal of Captain James Riley and his crew. They lost their ship and were enslaved by desert nomads for months.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Anthony Zuiker, creator of "CSI", tells Steve Paulson that getting the science right in “CSI” is crucial; remembers how great it was when the Mob ran Las Vegas; and admits he’s the show’s gambling expert.
An algorithm might not be able to spit out a chart-topping song —at least not yet—but it might be able to help you write a best-selling novel.
Benjamin Skinner tells the story of how he infiltrated slave markets on five continents from slave quarries in India to child markets in Haiti and says that in Manhattan, you're five hours away from negotiating the sale of another human being in broad daylight.
Carolyn Wyman talks about the history of Wonder Bread. It really does seem to be the greatest thing since sliced bread.
Cartoonist, author and illustrator Bruce McCall tells Jim Fleming that the same economic pressures attract Canadians and he compares Canadian and American culture.
We tend not to talk about death much in North America. Maybe we just don’t have the words to contain something so visceral. Maybe images are a better way to explore or express our mortality, and our feelings about it.
In a recent body of work, photographer Sarah Sudhoff helps us take a close look at death. In the NEW and EXTENDED interview, Anne Strainchamps talks with Sarah Sudhoff about ‘At the Hour of Our Death’.
Erin McKean talks with Anne Strainchamps about the pleasures of strange words like “squintefego” and “limiculous.”
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