Film critic David Edelstein talks with Jim Fleming about angels in the movies, and we hear lots of examples.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Burkhard Bilger tells Steve Paulson how to catch catfish with your bare hands; describes the delights of eating squirrel brains; and chronicles the exploits of some Southern marbles champions - the Rolly Holers.
Deborah Scranton, director of "The War Tapes," tells Jim Fleming that she got volunteers from the New Hampshire National Guard to record their experiences in combat in Iraq for one year.
Chiori Miyagawa is a playwright in New York and teaches at Bard College. “Comet Hunter” is the story of Caroline Herschel who collaborated with her brother William during the 18th and early 19th centuries and made several important contributions to astronomy.
Anthropologist Cynthia Mahmood is among the few Westerners who’s actually spent time talking with Islamic terrorists on their turf.
If you’ve ever seen a movie trailer you’ve heard the voice of Don LaFontaine. “The King of the Movie Trailer Voice-Overs” talks to Steve Paulson.
Karl Marx biographer Francis Wheen tells Steve Paulson his subject was a thoroughly bourgeois man who chose utter penury.
Cultural geographer Bradley Garrett's Dangerous Idea? Rediscover overlooked sites in cities.
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