Gore Vidal talks about why he greatly admires the founding fathers and why we don’t have politicians like them today.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Harvey Sachs and Jim Fleming talk about Beethoven's political leanings and philosophical aspirations and how they're reflected in his last symphony.
A Prairie Home Companion's Garrison Keillor talks with Steve Paulson about being a mid-Western writer and moving to New York City.
Award-winning children's writer Geraldine McCaughrean tells Jim Fleming why she wrote a sequel to "Peter Pan" and why she's glad Peter's a brat.
Composer and scholar Gunther Schuller talks with Steve Paulson about creativity and gives examples from both classical music and jazz.
Holley Bishop is a New York literary agent who once wouldn’t have cared about nature. These days she’s flat-out in love with bees, and has written “Robbing the Bees - A Biography of Honey.”
Glen Tilbrook is a British singer and songwriter. He suffered a massive panic attack when he was supposed to interview Randy Newman.
Harriet Reisen tells Anne Strainchamps that Alcott loved to anonymously write racy thrillers and organized women's political activity decades before suffrage was won.
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