Ed Young says that even basic literacy in Chinese requires memorizing 4,000 characters.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dave Foley hosts "Celebrity Poker Showdown" but first rose to fame as one of The Kids in the Hall, a Canadian sketch comedy troupe.
Neuro-psychologist Brian Butterworth tells Jim Fleming about his work with people who’ve lost their number sense. Butterworth thinks we’re all hard-wired to recognize and manipulate numbers.
Apocalyptic stories are more than just entertaining. Millions of Americans believe the world will soon end. Cultural critic Barry Vacker unpacks this end-of-world meme.
David Hajdu recently wrote a controversial article for The New Republic about the legacy of Alan Lomax. Lomax and his father made field recordings of thousands of folk and blues songs including work by Leadbelly and Muddy Waters.
Frederic Spotts is the author of “Hitler and the Power of Aesthetics.” Spotts says that Hitler saw himself as a painter and was forever wounded by his failure to impress the artistic establishment.
Chuck Taggart talks about New Orleans’ rich musical history, and we hear many examples.
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