Fernanda Eberstadt talks with Steve Paulson about the gypsy community of Perpignan. They’ve lived in this southern French city for some 500 years but don’t consider themselves French.
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Clio Cresswell tells Steve Paulson that out of 100 possible partners, you’re mathematically likely to make the right choice if you pick the most attractive person who’s left after 37 dates.
Carolyn Spiro and Pamela Spiro Wagner tell Anne Strainchamps that they felt almost psychically connected until they were in sixth grade and Pamela began hearing voices.
Chelsea Vargas of Youth Radio provides a commentary about keeping in touch with teachers.
In this UNCUT interview, Katherine Boo talks about her much-lauded book, “Behind the Beautiful Forevers”.
Hanan Al-Shaykh bookmarks "Season of Migration to the North" by Tayeb Salih.
Bill Vossler is the author of “Burma-Shave: The Rhymes, the Signs, The Times.” He talks about where the classic rhyming signs came from, and reads several examples.
Brian Price tells Anne Strainchamps how he came to prepare the last meals for some 200 inmates on Death Row in Texas prisons.
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