Indian film-maker Mira Nair talks with Jim Fleming about being a woman director, and combining stories from East and West.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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M.E. Thomas talks about her book, "Confessions of a Sociopath: A LIfe Spent Hiding in Plain Sight."
Tour guides get paid more than surgeons in Cuba. Why? Tips from foreigners, especially Americans. Rosa Ricardo describes her life as a tour guide.
Do you need an advanced degree in math or physics to make discoveries about the cosmos? Science writer Margaret Wertheim says thousands of amateur scientists have proposed their own theories about the universe.
Welcome to the wonderful, wild mind of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam, who went on to direct the acclaimed films "Brazil," "Time Bandits" and "12 Monkeys." In an interview that can only be described as "Gilliamesque," Doug Gordon talks to the comedy legend.
NPR Cultural Critic Neda Ulaby helps Jim Fleming unravel the complications of the 2006 film "Tristram Shandy: A Cock and Bull Story."
Novelist Mark Salzman talks about his experience teaching creative writing at Central Juvenile Hall in Los Angeles, a detention center for L.A.’s most serious young offenders.
Pamela Logan has been studying and practicing martial arts for twenty five years. She’s a fourth degree black belt in karate. And she’s the author of “Among Warriors.”
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