Talking about race is fraught these days, so it took guts for Paul Beatty to write his novel "The Sellout." It's a satire about a young black man who winds up on trial at the Supreme Court. And along the way, he enslaves an old friend and re-segregates the local high school.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dan Barber's organic farm with acres of greenhouses and free range livestock embodies Barber's belief in the imperative to rebuild a sense of connection with where our food comes from.
Philip K. Dick scholar David Gill talks about Hollywood's adaptations of Philip K. Dick's novels and short stories.
Political scientist Chandra Muzaffar, deputy president of the National Justice Party of Malaysia, tells Steve Paulson that the war is not about Islam.
Daniel B. Smith tells Anne Strainchamps that both his father and grandfather heard voices, but led perfectly ordinary lives.
Bart Cheever is one of the founders of D.FILM - a touring Digital Film Festival. He says that digital photography makes it possible for anyone to make professional quality films
Social critic Bill McKibben says we’re rushing through a momentous doorway into a new age of human evolution
Charles Duhigg bookmarks "The Children" by David Haberstam.
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