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.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Daniel B. Smith tells Anne Strainchamps that both his father and grandfather heard voices, but led perfectly ordinary lives.
Dorie Greenspan tells Anne Strainchamps what's hot in haute baking circles, and what she cranks out for her neighbors and the elevator operators in her building in New York.
Ilse Blansert says that the community that's grown up around ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) has helped her overcome insomnia, anxiety and an eating disorder. In this extended conversation, she talks about how she discovered that there was a name of the tingles she experiences, and the book she's working on about the phenomenon.
Charles Harper Webb is the author of a poetry collection called “Hot Popsicles.” He talks about the use of pop culture imagery in his work.
We all fell under the charm of Eduardo Galeano, when he came in to talk about "Children of the Days." If, perchance, you were likewise charmed and want to hear more, here's the EXTENDED version of his conversation with Steve.
These days beauty’s got a complicated reputation. One professor of literature and aesthetics at Harvard is giving beauty a makeover.
Dave Zirin may be the best young sportswriter in America. He's the author of "A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People and Play."
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