Jack Gottschalk tells Steve Paulson that piracy is alive and well on the high seas, from crews who hi-jack tankers and container ships to well-armed bandits who prey on boat people.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James WIlliam Gibson talks about ways in which people are seeking to reconnect with the natural world and to protect it, rather than simply exploit it as a resource.
It's not just writers that are struggling to make a living these days. Artists and other creative types are also feeling the pinch, especially as more and more businesses that support them disappear — think indie record stores or bookstores. Scott Timberg is a writer who believes the arts economy is collapsing. He tells Sara Nics that if the trend continues, the only artists who'll surive are those at the very top.
Mike Sargent is a filmmaker and a co-founder of the Black Film Critics Circle. He spoke with Anne Strainchamps about the #OscarSoWhite campaign, and racial diversity in Hollywood.
Psychiatrist Iain McGilchrist says most neuroscientists have downplayed the differences between the left and right sides of the brain. In this EXTENDED interview, he says he thinks the left hemisphere has become so dominant in Western culture that we're losing the sense of what makes us human.
J.J. Murphy talks about his book, "The Black Hole of the Camera: The Films of Andy Warhol."
James Othmer was the creative director of advertising behemoth Young & Rubicam. He tells tales of that life in his book, "Adland."
Is there any American holiday that's more about food? It's not for nothing that we've nicknamed Thanksgiving as "Turkey Day." In this producer's note Craig Eley talks about the politics of food and Thanksgiving.
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