If you’re old enough, you’ll remember the Monkees, the pop group with a hit TV show. Michael Nesmith wore the green stocking cap. Since then, he’s reinvented his career several times over. He (sort of) invented country rock. And the music video.
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Chris Hardman decided to redesign the calendar, representing time and the seasons the way we experience them in the natural world.
DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh recommends "Editions of You" from Roxy Music’s 1973 album, "For Your Pleasure."
Dorie Greenspan talks about Paris desserts with Jim Fleming. Her latest book is “Paris Sweets: Great Desserts from the City’s Best Pastry Shops.”
When a loved one dies, most of us turn to a professional, someone like Caitlin Doughty. She's a licensed mortician, death activist, and creator of the popular webseries "Ask A Mortician". In this interview, she talks about what happens when a body is prepared for burial.
Before there was iTunes, Spotify, or Pandora, there was the mixtape. Jason Bittner is nostalgic for those days, when sweethearts would spend days crafting the perfect playlist. He's the editor of a book and former website called "Cassette From My Ex". He shares some songs from his collection, and explains why the mixtape is such a powerful medium.
Amir Aczel tells Jim Fleming that your odds on a coin toss are always 50/50, no matter how many times you do it.
Andy Bichlbaum and Mike Bonanno are The Yes Men. They pose as the World Trade Organization or major corporate entities to pull off pranks as political action.
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