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.
Bill McKibben tells Anne Strainchamps that his new Honda Civic electric hybrid car gets over fifty miles to the gallon and is just as comfortable and convenient as his old Civic.
In 1969, Frederic Whitehurst was in Viet Nam, burning captured enemy documents. He saved the diary of a young woman, and many years later returned it to her mother.
Jim Fleming interviews Brian Greene before a live audience at Borders Booksellers in Madison, Wisconsin. They talk about the lasting significance of Albert Einstein, and Greene answers questions from the audience.
Chris Turner is the author of “Planet Simpson: How A Carton Masterpiece Defined A Generation.”
Thomas Hardy's biographer tells Steve Paulson how his wife's death transformed the rest of Hardy's life.
