Robert Ferris Thompson muses about the movements of the tango and all the passions they express.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Travel writer Jan Morris tells Steve Paulson that she identifies with the city of Trieste which is a jumble of influences - East and West, past and present.
Richard Nelson hikes through the Alaskan wilderness recording sounds you can't hear anywhere else, and he plays excerpts during this conversation with Anne Strainchamps.
If you think the American middle class has it bad, consider life in debt-ridden Italy or Greece. Best-selling financial writer Michael Lewis portrays the downfall of several European countries with his usual verve, in Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World.
Paul Beatty recommends a novel by German-Jewish Holocaust survivor Edgar Hilsenrath.
Acclaimed novelist Martin Amis talks about growing up as the son of another famous novelist — Kingsley Amis.
For the past three months, our host Anne Strainchamps came to work every day and listened to people talk about death and dying. Here are her reflections on how the experienced changed her.
Millard Kaufman has a long string of successes, including two Oscar nominations as a screen writer. He tells Jim Fleming why he decided to take on a new kind of writing.
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