Chuck Close, a painter famous for his huge canvases and his uncanny ability to portray his subjects with almost photographic realism. He has a neurological condition that prevents him from recognizing people's faces.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Ashley Kahn takes Steve Paulson through the creation of Miles Davis' landmark recording "Kind of Blue." The piece is lavishly illustrated with music from the album.
Social critic Bill McKibben says we’re rushing through a momentous doorway into a new age of human evolution
David Sterritt talks with Jim Fleming about Jean-Luc Godard's film "Weekend" and we hear clips.
Charles Duhigg bookmarks "The Children" by David Haberstam.
Diana Athill was the editor of some of the most celebrated writers of our time, including John Updike, Simone de Beauvoir, and V.S. Naipaul.
Are alternative universes purely the stuff of make believe? Or could they actually exist?
Eric Kandel has spent a lifetime studying the science of memory and picked up a Nobel Prize while he was at it.
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