The Honorable Richard A. Posner is a Judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh District. He's also a prolific author.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Madeline Kunin was the first female governor of Vermont - she served three terms and went on to serve as the Deputy Secretary of Education in the Clinton Administration. So, ask a product of feminism where the movement is heading next and she'll tell you, it's all about women, work, and family.
Jeffery Sachs discusses why we need a new economic model rooted in an environmentally sustainable future.
We share the mysterious story of the listener who sent us postcards in response to our show about handwriting.
Matthew Johnson founded Far Possum Records to preserve the Delta and Hill Country blues he loves. Now he produces recordings which feature hip-hop and techno style re-mixes of his classic recordings.
Kay Redfield Jamison tells Jim Fleming that suicide is epidemic in our society and usually associated with a major mental illness.
Roald Hoffmann won the Nobel Prize for Chemistry, but he’s also a poet. He thinks the two disciplines have a lot in common, and reads a couple of poems.
Maria Suarez tells the story of the five years she spent as a slave and the twenty three years she spent in prison for a murder she didn't commit. Today, Maria is active with a group called "Free the Slaves."
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