Nicholas Ostler talks to Jim Fleming about how languages spread and the similarities and differences between Chinese and English.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Marc Maron resurrected his life and career with the hit comedy podcast WTF.
Lyle Victor Albert is a playwright who’s gotten the most attention for his one-man show “Scraping the Surface,” which recounts his experiences with cerebral palsy.
"The Collectors" is a brand-new audiobook by writer Philip Pullman. The story sheds light into the early life of Marisa Coulter, a villain from Pullman's acclaimed fantasy trilogy, "His Dark Materials." Pullman sat down with Steve Paulson to talk about his acclaimed trilogy, and the fantastical world contained in it.
Jane Juska was 67 when she placed a personal ad in the NY Review of Books looking for good sex with a man she liked.
Joe Queenan is an American married to an Englishwoman, and the author of “Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile’s Pilgrimage to the Mother Country.”
Mary Roach is the author of “Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers.” She reads from the book and talks about observing an anatomy class.
Reverend Michael A. Schuler talks about the satisfactions of staying put.
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