Parents and filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson have just released an astounding documentary about their son's journey through an elite New York prep school. Here's our uncut interview with them.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Andrew Zimmern, former chef and food writer, hosts "Bizarre Foods" on the Travel Channel.
Philosopher Lars Svendsen talks about how fashion--the search for the new, for the sake of novelty--was born during the early renaissance, with the rise of Modern individuality. He says fashion shapes not just the clothes we wear, but almost every part of our lives.
Worried about getting old? Amy Gorman was, so she went looking for inspiration among old women - some who were over 100.
Alice Walker talks about some of the poems in her book “Absolute Trust in the Goodness of the Earth,” inspired by the events of September 11th.
Essayist Andre Aciman is fascinated by memory , though he says what we remember is rarely straightforward. He talks with Steve Paulson about memory and writing.
A’Lelia Bundles tells Steve Paulson about her great-great-grandmother’s life and how she was able to build an economic empire out of hair care products for Black women.
Alan Lee’s illustrations for an early edition of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” landed him a job as a conceptual artist on the Peter Jackson film production crew.
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