Harvey Shapiro is the editor of a collection called “Poets of World War II.” He was a gunner himself during the war.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Garry Kasparov may be the greatest chess player who ever lived. He tells Steve Paulson that he retired from the game to enter politics in his native Russia.
Gerard Jones tells Steve Paulson, a dad himself, that children need to be able to “destroy” the things that scare them.
Gus Russo tells Jim Fleming that organized crime has attempted to influence the presidential election on several occasions and finds it significant that Frank Sinatra acted as a gangster’s daughter’s prom date.
Writer Holly Black and illustrator Tony di Terlizzi tell Anne Strainchamps that they wanted to find a way to re-introduce all the old fairy folklore to a new generation of children.
So maybe there are some changing ideas about gender in parts of North America. But around the globe, it’s pretty much still just male and female, right? Not so, says Evelyn Blackwood. Turns out, some cultures have an array of gender categories.
Harry Boyte is co-founder of the Center for Democracy and Citizenship at the University of Minnesota. He tells Steve Paulson about his work teaching children the tools of social activism.
Gaby Wood is the author of “Edison’s Eve: A Magical History of the Quest for Mechanical Life.” She talks about the many experiments with automata and early mechanical beings.
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