Jason Merkoski talks about his book, "Burning the Page: The Ebook Revolution and the Future of Reading."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Neuro-biologist Steven Rose says that new research and new therapy techniques raise new ethical questions that we should address now.
Suzan Colon tells Anne Strainchamps how her grandparents kept their spirits alive while times were tough.
Nina Simone's powerful voice and turbulent life are the subjects of an Oscar-nominated documentary, a new biography and a forthcoming Hollywood biopic. But it's her politics that speaks most forcefully to a new generation of African American activists. Biographer Alan Light talks about the incandescent soul singer and Black Power icon.
The protest at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation has caught fire. Its camp is now larger than most small towns in North Dakota. The protest is not just about an oil pipeline from North Dakota to Illinois. It's about water. Journalist John Fleck, who's spent decades writing about water disputes in the West, tells Anne Strainchamps how the Standing Rock protest figures into this history.
The novelist and feminist critic talks about tackling her trolls and “writing to the point of uncomfortability.”
Stefan Kanfer tells Jim Fleming that Groucho Marx flaunted authority his whole life, and that the price of his comedic genius was a tormented private life.
Jedediah Berry imagines a future where science can unlock buried thoughts.
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