Hao Jiang Tian grew up in China during Mao’s Cultural Revolution. Now he sings at the Met. Tian tells the story of how he moved from his hated piano lessons to life as a vocalist.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Physicist Geoffrey West is trying to uncover the fundamental, physical principles that shape cities. In this UNCUT interview with Steve Paulson, he talks about how cities are - and are not - like organisms.
Greg Critser says that most of the claims of the advocates of organic food have very little science behind them. He thinks chefs should concentrate on creating satisfying food and not saving the world.
Neil Gaiman's latest novel is "The Ocean at the End of the Lane." In this UNCUT interview, he tells Anne about writing his first new book for adults in seven years. They talk about childhood fears and memories, grandmothers, the language of shaping, and the three magical, mysterious women at the heart of creation.
Hendrik Hartog explodes the myth that the 19th century was the golden age of marriage. He tells Jim Fleming that separation, desertion, and bigamy were common long before divorce was legal.
Stories of ghosts and clairvoyants are everywhere, but can they stand up to scientific scrutiny? A hundred years ago, William James led an elite group of scientists to investigate the paranormal. Deborah Blum tells this remarkable story.
Hanna Pylvainen's debut novel "We Sinners" is loosely based on her own history in a fundamentalist Lutheran community.
Literary critic Geoff Dyer goes to Algeria on a Camus pilgrimage, looking for traces of the great writer and some insight into his own life.
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