Can street musicians change the world?
Mohamed Nasheed is on a mission to save his country. The Maldives is one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; some models predict that the Maldives could be underwater in a few decades.
Sacks had a particular fascination with the ways our brains can play tricks on our vision. He also reveals his own lifelong struggle to recognize the faces of other people.
Reverend Michael A. Schuler talks about the satisfactions of staying put.
Peter Jenkins spent months on the best seller list with “A Walk Across America.” Now he’s gone “Looking for Alaska.”
Jim Fleming talks with Jonathan Lethem about Dick whom Lethem calls “science fiction’s Lenny Bruce.”
Rocker Nick Cave talks with Steve Paulson about the relative freedom of writing prose versus song-writing...
Khaled Hosseini's novel “The Kite Runner” put Afghan fiction on the map. Hosseini's new book is “And the Mountains Echoed.”