What did FDR understand about democracy that our current political leaders – on both sides of the aisle – have forgotten.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Justin O. Schmidt has been stung by nearly every insect with a stinger, from the benign honeybee to the viscious tarantula hawk wasp. He is a research biologist and professor at the University of Arizona school of Entomology and he told Steve Paulson about his creation, the Schmidt Sting Pain Index.
Jill Bolte Taylor is a Harvard trained brain scientist who suffered a devastating stroke and describes the event and her long struggle to recover in her book, "My Stroke of Insight."
Keith Miller is a novelist for whom libraries function as a muse.
Marilynne Robinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize winning novel “Gilead,” talks about the book with Steve Paulson.
Mucha Lucha is a Warner Brothers cartoon based on the Mexican tradition of masked wrestlers. The cartoon is the brainchild of an Australian and a Chinese.
Wonder Woman is 70! Jim Lee drew the updated Wonder Woman and describes her to Steve Paulson.
China Miéville’s latest novel, “Embassytown”, in one of this year's nominees for the Nebula Awards for science fiction and fantasy writing. In this UNCUT interview, Miéville talks about the book and a whole lot more.
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