Geoffrey O’Brien grew up in a musical family. He says that the advent of recording changed our relationship to music - it made the past permanent.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Glen Tilbrook is a British singer and songwriter. He suffered a massive panic attack when he was supposed to interview Randy Newman.
Harriet Reisen tells Anne Strainchamps that Alcott loved to anonymously write racy thrillers and organized women's political activity decades before suffrage was won.
Garry Kasparov may be the greatest chess player who ever lived. He tells Steve Paulson that he retired from the game to enter politics in his native Russia.
In this uncut interview, George Saunders talks to Steve Paulson about his critically-acclaimed short story collection, “Tenth of December.”
45 years ago, long-haired hippies and flower children from across the Midwest converged on a small Wisconsin farm for a weekend of peace, love and music including a band people were just beginning to talk about at the time - The Grateful Dead. Historian Michael Edmonds tells the story.
Writer Holly Black and illustrator Tony di Terlizzi tell Anne Strainchamps that they wanted to find a way to re-introduce all the old fairy folklore to a new generation of children.
Hao Jiang Tian grew up in China during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Now he sings at the Met. Tian tells the story of how he moved from his hated piano lessons to life as a vocalist.
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