Lacey Schwartz was raised in a white, upper middle class, Jewish household in upstate New York. After going off to college she uncovered a closely guarded family secret — she was biracial. Lacey chronicles the revelation and her own search for identity in the documentary Little White Lie.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chris Turner is the author of “Planet Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation.”
Ralph Nader's Dangerous Idea? Drafting the children and grandchildren of elected representatives.
When and how did American get so polarized? For answers, Jonathan Chait recommends reading "What Hath God Wrought," a history of American politics from 1815-1848 by the Pulitzer prize-winning historian Daniel Walker Howe.
Billie Whitelaw was Samuel Beckett’s favorite actress and appeared in his plays for over twenty years. She tells Steve Paulson she never understood the plays but thinks Beckett’s a genius.
Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
David Bainbridge tells Steve Paulson that as soon as a woman becomes pregnant, the baby begins to dominate her biology, causing significant changes in her immune system.
We are part of an immensely creative universe. Cosmologist Brian Swimme and Religion scholar Mary Evelyn Tucker explain.
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