Susan Jacoby gives several frightening examples of the way American culture is dumbing itself down, and how poorly educated many American college graduates are.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Salman Rushdie tells Steve Paulson about his very first memories of "The Wizard of Oz."
Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha.
Scott Topper reads from the meditation journal he kept after learning a simple meditation from Buddhist monk George Churinoff.
Novelist Tom Perrotta talks with Anne Strainchamps about life in the suburbs, where everything is nice, and nobody wants a pedophile to move into the neighborhood.
British actor Simon Callow is writing Orson Welles' biography. Volume 2 is called "Hello Americans."
Vivek Maddala composes new scores for silent movies. He tells Steve Paulson how music can tell a story.
Brendan Koerner talks about his book, "The Skies Belong to Us: Love and Terror in the Golden Age of Hijacking."
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