Musician and philosopher David Rothenberg plays duets with birds all over the world. He’s searching for an answer to the question “Why Birds Sing.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ellen Handler-Spitz talks with Jim Fleming about the how imagination develops in childhood.
Frank Kermode tells Steve Paulson that Shakespeare revolutionized the English language and worked within a culture that got most of its information from listening.
Historian Donald Sassoon tells Jim Fleming that the Mona Lisa is a great painting, but that other factors conspired to make it an international icon.
Brent Silby teaches philosophy in Christchurch, New Zealand and is the author of an article in "Philosophy Now" magazine called "The Simulated Universe."
Novelist Dennis McFarland deals with the consequences of violence in his book “Singing Boy.” McFarland talks about the effects of grief on the deceased’s survivors.
Sound engineer Ryan Schimmenti put it best, "every space has a sound, every sound tells a story." Using high-end equipment he documents and records the "voices" of buildings.
There are a lot of those sounds in this piece. But if you want more . . .
Barry Glassner tells Steve Paulson that Americans seem to think the value of a meal lies principally in what it lacks - no sugar, fat, carbs, calories, etc. He explores the myths that make us the food police.
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