Welcome to the wonderful, wild mind of Monty Python's Terry Gilliam, who went on to direct the acclaimed films "Brazil," "Time Bandits" and "12 Monkeys." In an interview that can only be described as "Gilliamesque," Doug Gordon talks to the comedy legend.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Peter Manseau and Jeff Sharlet are the authors of “Killing the Buddha - A Heretic’s Bible” and run an on-line magazine called Killing the Buddha Dot Com.
Kim Evans talks about her essay, "Charlie Kaufman, Screenwriter." The essay is from the book, "The Philosophy of Charlie Kaufman."
M.E. Thomas talks about her book, "Confessions of a Sociopath: A LIfe Spent Hiding in Plain Sight."
Nathaniel Philbrick tells Jim Fleming that the myth of the first Thanksgiving is great for children, but the truth about Plymouth Plantation is a lot darker and more complicated.
Like you, we were shocked this week to hear about the death of Robin Williams. . His softer side shines through in a conversation he had with fellow comedian Marc Maron, a few years ago, on Maron’s WTF podcast.
Here is a link to Marc Maron's full conversation with Robin Williams.
Here is a link to our full conversation with Marc Moran about healing and comedy.
You know poems can be different things to different people: solace, a call to action, beauty. A reflection on war. But to Rae Armantrout there’s one thing that all poetry should be - read out loud.
Matt Taibbi, conributing editor to Rolling Stone magazine, talks with Anne Strainchamps about political audacity, voter memory and the scandalous behavior of some defense contractors in Iraq.
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