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Alex Kerr tells Jim Fleming that the administration of daily life in Japan is completely divorced from politics and that Japan spends some 40 percent of its budget on construction.
Israeli novelist Amos Oz tells Steve Paulson that his own life parallels the history of modern Israel and that his parents were intellectual European emigres.
Anthony Doerr wrote a stunning book of short stories, “The Shell Collector.” Doerr talks with Anne Strainchamps and we hear readings from the title story.
Angus Trumble is Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Yale Center for British Art, and is the author of “A Brief History of the Smile.” He tells Steve Paulson that the Julia Roberts-style toothy grin in a recent fashion that would have seemed improper centuries ago.
Margaret Atwood talks about her new novel, "MaddAddam."
You can also listen to their UNCUT conversation.
In EXTENDED interview, Al Gore talks with Steve Paulson about his book “The Future,” why he believes the Internet is the most powerful tool ever created by humans, and why he’s hopeful about our capacity to deal with climate change.
Journalist Andrea Rock says that we still don’t know very much about what the mind’s up to when it’s dreaming although we’ve always had theories.
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