Ben Folds is a singer/songwriter from North Carolina who recently joined forces with Nick Hornby, the critically-acclaimed novelist from England.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nick Bostrom's Dangerous Idea? Societies should limit the development of harmful technologies while promoting beneficial ones.
Christian Lander sees himself as an expert on "Stuff White People Like".
Emily Parker bookmarks Mario Vargas Llosa's "Conversation in the Cathedral."
We're celebrating National Poetry Month this year by reading some of our favorite poems. Here's Charles with Bukowski's "The Laughing Heart."
Sacred music provided comfort and hope to generations of African Americans, from slavery to the civil rights movement. Music historian Robert Darden tells this inspiring story and we hear lots of great music.
Bruce Campbell, (to his chagrin) still best known as “Ash” from “The Evil Dead” movies, talks with Jim Fleming about his memoir, “If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor.”
Physicist Clifford Pickover talks with Steve Paulson about Magic Squares and why people get hooked on them.
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