Jennifer Egan tells Steve Paulson all about her polyphonic narrative "A Visit from the Goon Squad."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Patti Smith was born in South Jersey. She grew up determined to become an artist.
Jonathan Baillie is the lead scientist at the Zoological Society of London and directs its new EDGE of Existence Program.
The scientific genius Kurt Godel is on our minds this week. So Anne Strainchamps talks with the French writer, Yannick Grannec, about her novel, "The Goddess of Small Things," which is based on Godel's relationship with his wife, Adele.
Martin Gilbert is Winston's Churchill's biographer, and explains what made Churchill such a great leader during WWII.
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.
Freshman Representative Joe Walsh is considered the unofficial spokesman for the “no compromise” faction of the Republican majority in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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