Novelist Peter Carey talks about the trip he describes in his book “Wrong about Japan: A Father’s Journey with His Son.” Carey took his then 12 year old son Charley to meet directors of Japanese anime films and creators of manga comics
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Urban sprawl is a staggering problem in China as a result of the on-going Chinese industrial revolution.
Rebecca and Robert Bluestone tell Judith Strasser what their art forms have in common and how they both use color and a sense of place in their work.
The World Cup is on our minds this week so we revisit Steve Paulson's conversation with Franklin Foer re. his book, "How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization."
Thomas Lauderdale talks about his "little orchestra," Pink Martini.
Jim Gaffigan is an actor and standup comedian, who makes extensive use of his "inner voice."
Mead McCormick is one of 100 finalists for the Mars One program, a private venture that hopes to start a colony on Mars by 2027. She talks to Anne Strainchamps about what attracted her to the project, what she imagines it will look like, and her fears about the blackness of space.
Mariana Gosnell tells Anne Strainchamps why ice floats, and stories about ice bergs.
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