Eric Steel tells Steve Paulson that his crew filmed The Golden Gate Bridge every daylight minute for one year, and thus witnessed many suicides and even more attempts.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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DBC Pierre won this year’s Booker Prize for his novel, “Vernon God Little.” Pierre reads from the book and talks about it and about his own tangled past.
Most young men during the Vietnam era faced a choice, whether or not to be drafted into the US Armed Forces. For Jim Fleming, and his friends Robert Cardinaux and Mark Peterson, the chose to become Conscientious Objectors. They worked together in alternative service as psychiatric aides.
Carl Safina tells Jim Fleming about the leatherback turtle, which has been around for a hundred million years.
Jon Ronson believes capitalism favors psychopaths and is creating more of them.
Daniel Matt tells Steve Paulson that the Big Bang Theory is science's creation myth...
Eric Morel is boxing’s flyweight World Champion. He was born in Puerto Rico but now lives and trains in Wisconsin. TTBOOK’s Charles Monroe Kane joined Morel at the gym for a day.
David Dalton and his sister were assistants on Warhol's early Pop Art paintings when they were in their teens...
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