Marc Maron has one of the most popular comedy podcasts on iTunes today .
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Dame Evelyn Glennie is considered one of the greatest percussionists alive today. She’s also deaf.
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The Interrupters tells the moving and surprising stories of three "violence interrupters" who try to protect their Chicago communities from the violence they once doled out. They believe that violence spreads like an infectious diseases, so the treatment should be similar: stop the infection at its source.
Jim Fleming talks with novelist Wesley Stace. He explains why "Tristram Shandy" is one of his favorite books.
Did you know national parks intended for the masses are a 19th century invention and a distinctly American one?
We all love the feeling of getting lost in a good story and seeing the world through a character’s eyes. Recently, psychologists have been studying whether that experience actually changes readers. Novelist and cognitive psychologist Keith Oatley tells us about the latest research connecting fiction with empathy.
Steven Poole tells Anne Strainchamps that video games can be an art form and that they will continue to increase in sophistication.
Thebe Medupe is an astrophysicist who grew up under apartheid. He talks about the stories he grew up hearing from his village elders and the astronomical legends of the Dogun people in Mali.
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