Poor, broke and white. Country musician Brandy Clark's been there, but she made it out. She’s 40 years old and won the country music awards’ Song of the Year and was also nominated for best new artist. Charles Monroe-Kane caught up with Brandy, along with her guitar player and backup singer Miles Aubrey, in a studio in Nashville, to talk about her latest album, Big Day in a Small Town.
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For most of recorded history, bread has been the essential food. Darra Goldstein, editor of “Gastronomica” magazine, says you can’t overstate the significance of bread in human history.
Francesco Sbano tells Steve Paulson about the culture of Calabria in Southern Italy and the importance of respect and honor.
Author and physician Atul Gawande recommends "My Struggle" by Karl Ove Knausgaard.
Essayist Chuck Klosterman talks with Steve Paulson about TV's "Mad Men."
Like a lot of great innovators, Ida Tin wanted something that didn’t exist, so, she built it. It’s a period tracking app called Clue, and the more you tell it—about your mood and your cycle—the more it can tell you about your reproductive health. On the surface, Clue is a tool for individuals to track menstruation. But Ida's real goal is nothing short of transforming women's health around the world. She’s part of a new wave of renegade thinkers who believe that everyday data can give everyday people more power over their lives.
Do nations need states? Do ethnic, religious, and/or linguistic groups of people – do they, in this age of globalization, do they need to form a country with borders and an army and all that comes along with that? Do they need to be a state?
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