David Syring is descended from the German immigrants who settled the Texas Hill Country. He tells Jim Fleming about his problematical grandfather, and why he still feels rooted to his family's home place.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Chris Willman is the author of "Rednecks and Bluenecks". He talks with Jim Fleming about some of the country artists from all over the political spectrum.
Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin straddles avant-garde and mainstream film, and he’s obsessed with the lost masterpieces from cinema’s history. In this extended interview, Maddin tells Steve Paulson he’s haunted by the ghosts of early cinema.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon tells Jim Fleming that his recent books are part of a sort of Chinese box set of four inter-related novels involving the same characters and his native city of Barcelona.
Historian Jill Lepore talks about her restless search for the long-lost manuscript, "The Oral History of Our Time." It ran some nine million words and was supposedly the work of a madman named Joe Gould, who believed he was the 20th century's most brilliant historian.
Charles Taylor was convicted of mass murder, rape, and sexual slavery, among other crimes this week by the ICC. One of his top warlords, infamous for using child soldiers, is seeking redemption. Listen to this NEW and UNCUT interview about General Butt Naked.
Anthony Zuiker, creator of "CSI", tells Steve Paulson that getting the science right in “CSI” is crucial; remembers how great it was when the Mob ran Las Vegas; and admits he’s the show’s gambling expert.
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