The Swedish thriller “Easy Money: Hard to Kill" is in theatres around the country right now. It's based on the hard-boiled crime novels of Jens Lapidus. As Steve Paulson discovered, Lapidus is not a big fan of most Swedish crime fiction...
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Films about the cold war were a staple of the American film industry for decades, symbols of the Atomic Age.
Marilyn Johnson talks about how librarians are emerging as heroes of the digital age because of their love for the written word, free speech and open access.
Jennifer Weiner is one of the star authors of chick lit and she’s made her peace with having a less-than-Ivy-League literary reputation, despite her Princeton education.
We’re introduced to the concept of culture jamming, and Kalle Lasn tells Steve Paulson what led him to found his magazine “Adbusters.”
June 4 marks the 25th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square crackdown. To find out how Chinese dissidents have fared since then, we’re revisiting an interview with historian Ian Buruma. He’s the author of "Bad Elements: Chinese Rebels from Los Angeles to Beijing."
Neil Steinberg booked passage to Italy for both him and his father on his father’s old ship. He hoped it would bring them closer together. As he tells Anne Strainchamps, it didn’t.
John Hodgeman has written an almanac called "The Areas of My Expertise." It's comprised entirely of fake facts.
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