Mick Foley thrilled wrestling fans for years as the character “Mankind.” He’s since written two best-selling autobiographies and two children’s books. Now he’s a novelist.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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More than 30 million Americans live in small towns. And lots of us will drive through small towns on road trips this summer. Princeton sociologist Robert Wuthnow just completed the first comprehensive study in half a century of small-town living. Here's his conversation with Anne...
Lawrence Osborne tells Anne Strainchamps he set out to teach himself what a wine critic knows. He thinks he did, but isn’t sure we need critics at all.
Celebrated children's author Maurice Sendak talks with Steve Paulson about one of his collections.
Philip Nel talks about “The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T.” It was the first Dr. Seuss film, made in 1952.
A recent study of DNA from Neanderthal bones changed everything we thought we knew.
Linda Greenlaw tells Anne Strainchamps that fishing for lobsters is mostly a matter of hard work and persistence, and that for the fishermen, lobster is cheap eating.
Rachel Mason of Chicago’s Second City comedy toupe, tells the story of what happened when the group toured military bases for the USO right after September 11th.
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