John Waters recommends "The Complete Short Stories of James Purdy."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Daniel Smith talks about his book, "Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety."
Bill Welden, an expert on Tolkien’s Elvish languages, talks about Elvish derivations and vocabulary and remembers his visit to the set of the “The Lord of the Rings” movie.
Brian Smith tells Jim about his family’s “Recycled Christmas.” None of the gifts could be new, and the only gift wrap allowed was old newspaper. He says that Christmas was one of his best ever.
David Kilcullen, an advisor to former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, and an architect of the Troop Surge in Iraq under General Petraeus, talks about the problem with traditional counter-insurgency efforts.
Film critic David Edelstein talks with Jim Fleming about angels in the movies, and we hear lots of examples.
The Tarahumara tribe of Mexico grow up running barefoot and live very long lives happily running into advanced old age...
Carl Klaus is the author of "Letters to Kate." It's a collection of the letters he wrote to his wife in the first year after her death.
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