Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nick Lowe has been making music for 40 years, as a solo artist and with such bands as Rockpile and Little Village. Many critics say he's doing his best work now, at the age of 58.
We pay a visit to Reedsburg, Wisconsin's annual Fermentation Fest, a celebration of all things cultured and fermented.
The marriage of David and Kristen Finch was falling apart when Kristen asked Dave to take the "Aspie quiz." It turns out Dave has Asperger Syndrome. They talk about how the diagnosis changed their lives.
Bob Jacobson attaches no moral value to working. He has a job, but would rather spend his time loafing, and gives some examples of his past jobs.
Carl Honore speaks about the cultural revolution that is the "philosophy of slow."
National Book Award winner Andrea Barrett writes some of the most beautiful fiction we know about scientists. The stories in her new collection, "Archangel" explore the history of knowledge through five linked characters. After reading it, we're awfully glad she gave up biology to write fiction.
Elaine Pagels won the National Book Award for her book on the Gnostic Gospels. Now she’s back with “Beyond Belief: The Secret Gospel of Thomas.”
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