Our final interview in today’s show has nothing to do with collecting – unless you consider winning two presidential campaigns a collection of two wins. David Axelrod was the chief strategist for Barack Obama’s presidential campaigns and recently stopped by our studio to talk about the art of running for office.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In Connie Willis' world, historians can actually go to the past to study.
Davyd Betchkal is a soundscape engineer in Alaska's Denali National Park. We hear recordings of wood frogs, bear cubs, even an avalanche.
Jon Ronson's Dangerous Idea -- Can Too Much Christmas Drive Kids to Kill?
Novelist Elif Shafak talks with Jim Fleming about the controversial concept of insulting Turkishness and the death of newspaper editor Hrant Dink
Dr. Ted Kaptchuk tells Steve Paulson about the work of some Danish researchers who have concluded that “the Placebo effect” is a myth.
Carrie Rickey is the film critic for "The Philadelphia Inquirer." She talks to Steve Paulson about how Marshall McLuhan's ideas influenced David Cronenberg's 1983 sci-fi/horror film, as chronicled in her essay, "Videodrome; Make Mine Cronenberg."
Bruce Watson tells Steve Paulson why Erector Sets were so huge. They reflected the spirit of America’s Industrial Age, and A.C. Gilbert marketed them directly to boys.
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