Max Boot tells Jim Fleming that the United States is the most powerful state that’s ever existed, and that sometimes it’s a good and necessary thing to take unilateral action against tyrants.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Richard Holmes is fascinated by what he calls "The Age of Wonder." The subtitle of his book is "how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and the terror of science," and he tells Steve Paulson about how Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein" came directly out of the scientific climate of the time.
Patti Smith was born in South Jersey. She grew up determined to become an artist.
You probably heard our new theme tune in the shows this weekend. Want the back story on how the new music came about? Here's a conversation with Steve Mullen, who composed it.
Jonathan Baillie is the lead scientist at the Zoological Society of London and directs its new EDGE of Existence Program.
Jane Yolen likes to re-invent the stories about King Arthur. In her version, it’s Guinevere who first pulls the sword from the stone!
Steve Paulson talks with Judith Jones, legendary editor at Knopf, about discovering French cooking herself and her long friendship and partnership with Julia Child.
Historian Michael Oren talks with Steve Paulson about how the Barbary Pirates brought the Marines to the shores of Tripoli and why they went into the Middle East six times during the 19th century.
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