Journalist David Shenk says Alzheimer's an ancient illness afflicting some 5 million Americans, and that the number of cases is sure to rise dramatically as the Baby Boomers age.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dorie Greenspan talks about Paris desserts with Jim Fleming. Her latest book is “Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s Best Pastry Shops.”
Dave Foreman started as a lobbyist for the Wilderness Society in the 1970s. Then he became a radical and co-founded Earth First! becoming America's most admired and notorious environmentalist.
The mash-up is one form of remix culture.
In all this talk about the future, we should probably remember that the past repeats itself.
That’s one themes that runs through “Children of the Days,” the latest book from the lauded Latin American author, Eduardo Galeano.
You can also listen to the extended version of Steve's conversation with him.
David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
Eoin Colfer is the author of the Artemis Fowl books. There are five of them now. The latest on is called "The Lost Colony."
Charles Hartman collaborated with his computer to write poetry. He describes his experience in the book “Virtual Muse: Experiments in Computer Poetry.”
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