A ghost story from listener Eric Van Vleet.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Alf Clausen is the composer for the long-running animated television series “The Simpsons.” That shows’ well-known penchant for poking fun at everything means Clausen has been asked to parody some familiar movies.
Andrea di Robilant is an Italian journalist from an old Venetian family who's made a novel out of the story contained in some letters from his family's attic.
In 2010, explorer Sarah Marquis set out on a solo walk from Siberia to Australia. Over the course of three years and 10,000 miles, she braved subzero temperatures and sandstorms, and was harassed by drunk nomads and drug dealers. She writes about the adventure in a new book called "Wild By Nature."
Michael Gurian says the second half of our lives has three distinct stages that shape our physical, emotional and spiritual well-being.
British writer Alan Garner shares his memories of his friend and running partner, Alan Turing.
Amitav Ghosh tells Jim Fleming that English has been a global language for 200 years and cites some of the many Asian words that have long been in the Oxford English Dictionary.
Novelist Hari Kunzru talks about listening through the scratch and hiss of old 78’s for the voice of the past.
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