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They Might Be Giants on Interesting Songs

John Flansburgh and John Linnell comprise the musical duo “They Might Be Giants.”  They talk with Steve Paulson about their music, and their obsession for old pop songs.

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Salman Ahmad on Junoon

Salman Ahmad grew up in both Pakistan and the United States. Trained as an M.D., Ahmad has traded in his stethoscope for a guitar and performs with his group, Junoon...

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The Last Meal - Death Row cook Brian Price

There’s another place where food and death go together, but it’s a place we don’t like to talk about: the last meal. Brian Price has prepared the last meals for some 200 inmates on Death Row in Texas prisons. 

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Will Friedwald on "As Time Goes By"

Music historian Will Friedwald talks with Steve Paulson about “As Time Goes By” and why we love it. 

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Studs Terkel on Nelson Algren

Studs Terkel tells Steve Paulson why his friend Nelson Algren is one of America's great literary secrets. Among Terkel's latest books is "Hope Dies Last."

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Stephen Batchelor on Rethinking Buddhism

Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha.

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T.C. Boyle on "When the Killing's Done"

T.C. Boyle's new novel features a face-off between an animals rights activist and a biologist.

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Tom Bollestorff on Second Life

Tom Bollestorff is an anthropologist at UC Irvine and author of "Coming of Age in Second Life."

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