Cynthia True is the author of “American Scream: The Bill Hicks Story.” She tells Jim Fleming that Hicks was an important social satirist, remarkable for his bravery and honesty. He battled TV executives over his belief that audiences could handle provocative ideas.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nature writer David Quammen has written a book called “Monster of God.” It’s about man-eating predators. Quammen says that such beasts have often been worshiped but the habitats are being encroached on by development.
Evan S. Connell is the author of eighteen books and has won numerous awards and a Guggenheim Fellowship. His latest book is called “Francisco Goya: A Life.”
Astrophysicist Max Tegmark's Dangerous Idea? We are more significant than we think.
DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh recommends "Editions of You" from Roxy Music’s 1973 album, "For Your Pleasure."
Dave Foreman started as a lobbyist for the Wilderness Society in the 1970s. Then he became a radical and co-founded Earth First! becoming America's most admired and notorious environmentalist.
Franklin Foer tells Steve Paulson how soccer's international popularity leads to exchanges of players and coaches among many countries...
David Hajdu is the author of “Positively Fourth Street,” a book about Joan Baez and Bob Dylan and the folk/protest music scene of the 1960s.
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