In collaboration with David Lynch, Mark Frost co-created one of the most enduring fictional universes of all time — Twin Peaks. Now Frost has written an innovative novel that takes a deep dive into the history of the surreal logging town.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Steven Biel talks about Grant Woods' iconic American painting: who the models were; how the painting's been received and why it's so often parodied.
Senegalese pop star Youssou N'Dour is the top-selling African musician of all time.
Tariq Ramadan is a Swiss-born philosopher who travels throughout the Islamic world trying to build bridges between European Muslim and conservative clerics.
For the Aboriginal people of Australia, the concept of "The Dreaming" means an existence with no linear time.
A short story by science fiction writer John Scalzi, read by Adam Hirsch.
Shane Carruth wrote, directed and stars in the low-budget movie “Primer”. Anne Strainchamps talks with him about science, math and storytelling.
Philosopher Gregory Sadler has a fascinating take on the famous line from French philosopher Jean Paul Sartre’s 1944 play, “No Exit.”
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