Anne speaks with Claire Tomalin, Austen's biographer. They talk about Jane Austen and the contemporary fascination with her.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Elliot Perlman is a Barrister in his native Australia. He’s also the author of a novel called “Seven Types of Ambiguity,” told by seven different narrators.
Ilse Blansert says that the community that's grown up around ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) has helped her overcome insomnia, anxiety and an eating disorder. In this extended conversation, she talks about how she discovered that there was a name of the tingles she experiences, and the book she's working on about the phenomenon.
Psychologist Carol Gilligan tells Steve Paulson that her work with teenage girls has shown her that Americans cling to “tragic histories” and have forgotten how to experience joy.
<p>Novelist, actor, screenwriter and playwright Ayad Akhtar talks about growing up in a Pakistani-American household in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</p>
Daniel Mason says he likes the idea of bringing a piano into tune because it’s like bringing order into chaos.
Jazz musician Ben Sidran talks with Jim Fleming about the tremendous influence Jewish immigrant composers and songwriters had on American popular music.
Charles Yu is the author of a critically acclaimed new novel, "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe."
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