British actor Simon Callow is writing Orson Welles' biography. Volume 2 is called "Hello Americans."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Zia Hassan had a life-changing conversation with a 9-year old boy in a Washington backyard. A conversation that 2.5 million people around the world have watched on YouTube. Zia tells us about the boy he calls "The Philosopher."
Journalist William Claassen calls himself a nomadic pilgrim. He spent many years traveling to cloistered communities from various religious traditions around the world.
Brendan Koerner talks about his book, "The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking."
Journalist and poet Ruben Martinez tells Steve Paulson that there are powerful economic incentives for Mexicans to cross the U.S. border to find work.
Stephen Prothero thinks it's imperative that Americans have a working knowledge of religious traditions at home and abroad to understand other peoples and our own politicians.
Music critic Yuval Taylor tells Steve Paulson that authenticity in music is a complicated business.
Tom Wolfe talks with Steve Paulson, and explains why he's so fascinated by the connection between sex and social status.
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