Amy Tan talks with Anne Strainchamps and recalls how her mother used to believe the spirits of their ancestors dwelled inside the computer. How else could Amy know all the family secrets?
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ann Patchett's new book chronicles her long friendship with poet Lucy Grealy who became famous after the publication oh her acclaimed memoir “Autobiography of a Face.”
A great in American soul music, the Reverend Al Green has spent his life testifying on stage and in the pulpit to the power of grace, love and happiness.
Girl loses self, solo hikes 1,000 miles of the Pacific Crest Trail, and finds herself. Cheryl Strayed's best-selling memoir "Wild" is now a movie, starring Reese Witherspoon. Cheryl makes the case for walking as a life-saving act.
Andreas Viestad tells Jim Fleming some of his adventures shooting the “New Scandinavian Cooking” series that aired last year on PBS.
Abram de Swaan is a Dutch sociologist who studies the politics of language. He tells Steve Paulson that English is the worldwide language of business and diplomacy, though many wish it weren’t.
Alex Stone is a magician with a degree in physics. He performs a magic trick over the radio and explains how it works.
To hear one of Alex Stone's favorite bar tricks, listen here.
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.
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