Chelsea Cain wrote “Confessions of A Teen Sleuth: A Parody.” As she tells Anne, her book sets the record straight.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Craig Werner, Afro-American Studies professor at the UW-Madison, tells Jim Fleming why rapper Tupac Shakur is revered today.
Elisabeth Sifton is the daughter of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, who wrote the famous “Serenity Prayer.” Sifton tells Steve Paulson about the history of the Serenity Prayer.
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff's Dangerous Idea? Open source currency as the next money model.
Christopher Caldwell talks with Steve Paulson about the European discomfort with the rising tide of Muslim immigration.
Esperanza Spalding is one of the brightest young stars in jazz - except she resists being labeled a "jazz musician." In fact, her new album "Emily's D+ Evolution" sounds more like rock than jazz. When she sat down in our studio with Steve Paulson, she talked about her childhood roots in classical music before her momentous discovery of jazz improvisation.
Betsy Israel tells Jim Fleming our society has always been suspicious of unmarried women and talks about examples from Louisa Mat Alcott to Ally McBeal.
After all the debates about the Muslim world, it’s refreshing to look back at one of the world’s great mystics - the Sufi poet Rumi.
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