Luis Rodriguez talks with Steve Paulson about his work, why kids are drawn to gangs, and admits he failed his own son who’s now serving a long sentence in prison for attempted murder.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Films about the cold war were a staple of the American film industry for decades, symbols of the Atomic Age.
The question isn't "seen any good movies lately?" but instead "experienced any good paratexts lately?"
Jason Reitman wrote and directed the film "Thank You for Smoking." We hear some very funny and totally subversive clips.
John Hodgeman has written an almanac called "The Areas of My Expertise." It's comprised entirely of fake facts.
Cartoonist Jules Feiffer started on his path to fame in the 1950s with a cartoon strip for "The Village Voice" that eventually won him a Pulitzer Prize.
Oklahoma is famous for tornados. And the safest place to be in a tornado is a basement, right? Well in Oklahoma, they don’t have many basements. In fact, only 3 percent of homes have them. Why? Because people in Oklahoma think you can’t build basements in their soil.
Master gardener Michael Pollan talks about his youthful experiment with growing marijuana and explains how the war on drugs spurred growers into developing a stronger, hardier plant.
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