Anne Matthews tells Anne Strainchamps that there’s been an explosion of wildlife in America’s towns and cities.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Amir Aczel tells Jim Fleming that your odds on a coin toss are always 50/50, no matter how many times you do it.
We hear an excerpt from David Isay’s documentary about the traditional gospel quartets of Jefferson County, Alabama.
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are The Yes Men. They pose as the World Trade Organization or major corporate entities to pull off pranks as political action.
In 2011, as Hurricane Irene made landfall in New York City, poet Edward Hirsch learned that his 22-year old son Gabriel had died from a bad drug reaction and subsequent seizure. Later, Hirsch composed “Gabriel,” a book-length elegy poem about his relationship with his son, and his loss.
Ana Castillo talks with Jim Fleming about her own Mexican-American heritage and how she uses it in her novel about a flamenco dancer with polio.
Arabic interperter Kayla Williams served in Iraq as a sergeant in a military intelligence company of the 101st Airborne Division.
Anne Allison is the author of "Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination." She talks to Anne Strainchamps about the universal appeal of Japanese pop culture.
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