Harold McGee recently visited the kitchen of L'Etoile Restaurant in Madison, Wisconsin with Anne Strainchamps to provide a guided tour of food science.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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We hear the Commanding Officer of Fort Campbell, home of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, recorded when the based closed down for three days following a rash of eleven suicides.
Greg Kot, rock critic for the Chicago Tribune and a regular contributor to Rolling Stone, talks about Tom Waits’ album “Nighthawks at the Diner.”
Poet MK Asante recounts his tough childhood in Philadelphia and the sad story of his beloved older brother, and also how the rhythms of hip hop evoke the sensibility of his generation.
George Packer is a staff writer for the New Yorker and author of “The Assassins’ Gate.” He’s just back from his fifth trip to Iraq...
Poet Gillian Ferguson lives in Edinburgh. Her volume “Baby: Poems on Pregnancy, Birth and Babies” explores her experience of being pregnant and giving birth.
Hannah Palin lives in Seattle and works as a film archivist. Her mother is retired and lives in Washington, D.C.
Gay Talese writes literary journalism. He's a master of in-depth profiles, telling his story through detailed scenes.
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