Chris Thomas King played blues legend Tommy Johnson in the film “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” His tune on the soundtrack won 3 Grammy Awards. King sees his music as a bridge between the worlds of hip hop and the Blues.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Anne speaks with Claire Tomalin, Austen's biographer. They talk about Jane Austen and the contemporary fascination with her.
Douglas Rushkoff is a well-known media critic and maker of documentaries.
<p>Novelist, actor, screenwriter and playwright Ayad Akhtar talks about growing up in a Pakistani-American household in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.</p>
Daniel Mason says he likes the idea of bringing a piano into tune because it’s like bringing order into chaos.
Novelist Elif Shafak talks with Jim Fleming about the controversial concept of insulting Turkishness and the death of newspaper editor Hrant Dink
David Couper was Chief of the Madison, Wisconsin Police Department for more than 20 years. In his new book "Arrested Development" he talks about his years of service. He says that less than one percent of police departments require college degrees from their officers. If he could change only one thing, that would be it. In this uncut interview with Jim Fleming, he relates his argument.
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