Patrick McGilligan talks about how Alfred Hitchcock chose his leading men, and what makes “Vertigo” the cinematic classic it is.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In May of 2014, while covering the war in Syria, Anthony Loyd and photographer Jack Hill, both working for The Times of London, were kidnapped by Syrian rebels. Loyd was severely beaten and shot twice. Both were eventually able to escape to Turkey.
Max Decharne can tell you lots of things no one will understand any more. He's a "solid pigeon" and "a bit of a fly thing," as he tells Steve Paulson.
Persi Diaconis is a former stage magician who uses card shuffling and coin tossing to illustrate complex mathematical formulae.
Can you fall in love with anyone? More than 20 years ago, psychologist Arthur Aron made two strangers fall in love in his laboratory. How? He asked them 36 questions. This year, Mandy Len Catron tried out the 36 questions with a guy she barely knew. Now they’re in love.
Novelist Jonathan Carroll talks about his book “White Apples.” It’s the story of a man who finds out he’s already dead, and the afterlife is right here.
Laney Salisbury talks about the 1925 dogsled relay that brought diphtheria anti-serum to ice-bound Nome, Alaska which was facing an epidemic in the dead of winter. Dogsleds were the only way in and the whole nation followed their perilous journey by telegraph.
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