Don't ask Anna Dietrich if she invented a car that can fly. No one can do that she says. She did, however, invent a plane that can drive.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Happy holidays!
Alaa Al Aswany is one of the top-selling novelists in the Arab world, but because copyright protections are weak there, he still works part-time as a dentist.
Anne Fadiman talks about the delight she and her brother took as children with collecting (and killing) butterflies.
Allen Snyder tells Steve Paulson that he uses a device called the Medtronic Mag Pro to stimulate autistic-savant-like abilities in normal people.
Andrew Hurley’s book is “Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in Postwar Consumer Culture.” Hurley talks about the history of the diner.
Reverend Alex Gee tells Steve Paulson how rappers like Tupac Shakur function as prophets for the hip hop generation, and how he incorporates rap music into his liturgy.
Anthony Bourdain, executive chef at Brasserie Les Halles and author of "Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly," tells Steve Paulson some restaurant secrets.
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