Simon Reynolds talks to Steve Paulson about his book, "Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past."
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Dubbed a secular mosque for the Arab world, the Burj Khalifa dominates the Dubai skyline. As it should: it's by far the tallest building in the world. It's so tall that during Ramadan, Muslims living on higher floors have to break their fast 2 minutes later than those on lower floors because they see the sunset later in the day.
Steve Paulson sat down with legendary architecture critic Paul Goldberger to talk all things Burj Kalifa.
Music critic Yuval Taylor tells Steve Paulson that authenticity in music is a complicated business.
Recently hundreds of Evangelical leaders met with Donald Trump. One prominent Evangelical who did not attend is Michael Gerson, the former speechwriter and top aide to President George W. Bush. Gerson believes it's time to reframe the conservative agenda and he warns his fellow believers to beware “The Mark of Trump.”
The Pacific Gyre is a region in the middle of the Pacific Ocean around which all the major currents swirl. As a result, debris that floats into the gyre gets stuck there.
Everyone thinks The Arabian Nights is a collection of stories and folktales from the Middle East. In fact, some of the most famous were written by Europeans, who fell in love with the tradition and wanted more.
Back in 1969, Marine Karl Marlantes was dropped in the middle of a jungle in Vietnam - at the age of 23, put in charge of the lives of 40 other young men. He says he wasn't psychologically or spiritually prepared for that, or for what came after the war.
Tony Faber says violins have to age for fifty years to sound their best.
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