David Orr says modern poetry shouldn't intimidate us. He's the author of "Beautiful and Pointless: A Guide to Modern Poetry."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Arika Okrent is a linguist and the author of "In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Logian Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language."
Ellen Handler-Spitz talks with Jim Fleming about the how imagination develops in childhood.
Debra Ginsberg tells Jim Fleming what can turn a shift into a nightmare; why so many wait staff are performers; and that people tip better when they're spending someone else's money.
Journalist Christopher Noxon explains what happened when he formed a personal posse of life coaches in Los Angeles.
Human and animal history is so intertwined it's hard to imagine one species without the other.
Historian Donald Sassoon tells Jim Fleming that the Mona Lisa is a great painting, but that other factors conspired to make it an international icon.
Daphne Merkin responds to Hilary Clinton as a cultural symbol and public personality.
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