Did we get Freud all wrong? In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Adam Phillips says we should read Freud as a great literary writer – on par with Kafka and Dostoevsky - not as a scientist of the mind. Phillips says we’ve barely begun to appreciate Freud’s radical insights.
Science news! Some scientists say they’ve finally found the Higgs Boson – the so-called “God particle.” Physicist Lisa Randall thinks the Higgs Boson might help explain one of the greatest mysteries in all of science: the nature of dark matter.
Is it time for a new New Testament? Hal Taussig says it is. In this NEW & EXTENDED interview with Jim Fleming, Taussig talks about his "New New Testament," and the ten new books they've added.
Jack Kerouac was born on March 12th, 1922 in Lowell, Massachusetts. We pay homage to the legendary Beat, revisiting this interview with Joyce Johnson about her relationship with Kerouac and her memoir.
Marina Warner just won the National Book Critics Circle criticism award for her book, "Stranger Magic: Charmed States and the Arabian Nights." Here's our segment with Warner on the tales...
Maybe you remember public artist Mary Miss from our City Living show? A new exhibit about her project on New York's Broadway, called 1000 Steps, opens today. Hear her conversation with Jim about helping citizens see their cities with new eyes, here:
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