Claude Coleman was the drummer for cult rock group WEEN when he was involved in a car crash that left him with multiple broken bones, paralyzed on his left side, and brain- damaged.
Claude Coleman was the drummer for cult rock group WEEN when he was involved in a car crash that left him with multiple broken bones, paralyzed on his left side, and brain- damaged.
Douglas Quin is an award-winning sound designer, naturalist and composer. His latest project is called "Fathom."
Historian Elizabeth Abbot talks with Judith Strasser about the history of celibacy — from the ancient Greek goddess Athena to boxing superstar Mohammed Ali.
Is the experience of wonder always unexpected? Or can we create opportunities for wonder?
Internationally acclaimed sound, video and installation artist Janet Cardiff weighs in.
You can also hear the extended interview with Cardiff here.
Steve here. 2016 marked the 100th anniversary of America’s beloved National Park system. I could think of no one better to reflect on the importance of national parks than one of my favorite writers, Terry Tempest Williams.
Danielle Trussoni is the author of “Falling Through the Earth,” a memoir of life with her Vietnam Vet father who was a tunnel rat during the war...
Etgar Keret tells Steve Paulson how his writing career began after a traumatic event.
Angie da Silva is a historian of black cultural life in the United States, going back to the Civil War. She collects stories, both through oral history and archival research. But she's not merely a writer. She brings these stories to life through historical reenactment, often as a slave character she's created named Lila. She says that the stories she hears and tells are too often left out of our history books.
In this interview, she talks about her work and tells the story of Mary Meachum, a free black abolitionist who worked on the Mississippi in St. Louis.