Alaa Al Aswany is one of the top-selling novelists in the Arab world, but because copyright protections are weak there, he still works part-time as a dentist.
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Much of what we think about Karl Marx is wrong, according to cultural critic Terry Eagleton. And he says Marx admired capitalism, though he was also its most trenchant critic.
Allen Snyder tells Steve Paulson that he uses a device called the Medtronic Mag Pro to stimulate autistic-savant-like abilities in normal people.
Andrew Hurley’s book is “Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in Postwar Consumer Culture.” Hurley talks about the history of the diner.
Aaron Sanchez hosts a show on the Food Network and has a restaurant, Paladar, in Manhattan. Sanchez gives us a lesson in making and appreciating salsas.
Reverend Alex Gee tells Steve Paulson how rappers like Tupac Shakur function as prophets for the hip hop generation, and how he incorporates rap music into his liturgy.
Wicca or Neo-paganism began as a movement to recreate pre-Christian nature religions. It turns out to be just what a lot of scientists are looking for.
For two years, medical anthropologist Seth Holmes followed and worked alongside migrant farm laborers all along the west coast. As part of his research, he even snuck in to the U.S. from Mexico, all in order to find out what life is like for an agricultural worker.
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