Michael Dickinson tells Jim Fleming about the robotic fly he’s building. Dickinson thinks flies are amazingly sophisticated flying machines.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Kim Evans talks about her essay, "Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter." The essay is from the book, "The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman."
Nathaniel Philbrick tells Jim Fleming that the myth of the first Thanksgiving is great for children, but the truth about Plymouth Plantation is a lot darker and more complicated.
Writer Nigel Nicolson says Woolf invented the stream-of consciousness literary style, endured several bouts of madness, and died a suicide.
Shortly after the U.S. Invaded Iraq in 2003, Lawrence Anthony traveled on his own to Baghdad to do what he could to save the animals in the Baghdad Zoo.
Steve Paulson talks with a contemporary master of metafiction - writer Robert Coover. Coover's latest novel is "A Child Again."
Is your marriage passionate? Can we feel thrilled by the same person we look to for intimacy and security?
Esther Perel says, "Yes." She's the author of Mating in Captivity.
Jeanine Basinger tells Anne Strainchamps how the movie studios manufactured stars from the 1930s to the 1950s.
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