A. J. Jacobs decided to read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica. He tells Steve Paulson why and some of the peculiar facts he picked up along the way.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Los Angeles comic and humor columnist Alan Olifson reads an essay on the dangers of enjoying irony.
Karyn Bosnak is the author of “Save Karyn: One Shopaholic’s Journey to Debt and Back.” Bosnak tells Anne Strainchamps how she got herself into thousands of dollars of credit card debt, and how she got out.
Amir Aczel tells Jim Fleming that your odds on a coin toss are always 50/50, no matter how many times you do it.
Frances Moore Lappé has working toward sustainability and biodiversity for more than 40 years. But one day, in the middle of a conference about climate change, she started to wonder if people were telling the story all wrong.
You can also listen to our interview with Wangari Maathai about reforesting Africa.
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are The Yes Men. They pose as the World Trade Organization or major corporate entities to pull off pranks as political action.
What's the difference between a good artist and a great one? Graphic artist Austin Kleon likes to quote TS Eliot: "Good artists copy; great artists steal."
Ana Castillo talks with Jim Fleming about her own Mexican-American heritage and how she uses it in her novel about a flamenco dancer with polio.
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