David Denby of The New Yorker tells Steve Paulson that Pauline Kael was the most remarkable person he’s ever known.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Is Marina Chapman's story true? Telegraph reporter Philip Sherwell traveled to Colombia to check on her remarkable story.
Ariel Levy tells Anne Strainchamps we are living in a Feminist’s nightmare.
Anne here. My conversation with Turkish writer Elif Şafak back in April still sticks with me as the year comes to a close. In many parts of the world, 2016 was the year of the populist leader—especially in Turkey, where Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan launched a crackdown on free speech and all forms of opposition. 120 journalists have been jailed, more than 2,000 academics have been dismissed from universities, and more than 100,000 public workers have been fired. How did Turkey—once a model of new democratic nations—become such a different place? Not only did Şafak see this coming, she warned that the West should not consider itself immune.
Writer Barbara Fischer tells us the story of how starting a garden saved her life.
Dominique Browning tells Anne Strainchamps that after her divorce, she took a perverse pride in letting her house fall apart. Eventually, she came back to life and started taking care of things again.
Filmmaker and hypnotist Albert Nerenberg explains how we can simulate the effects of drugs through hypnosis.
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