James McBride won the National Book Award for "The Good Lord Bird," his novel about the abolitionist John Brown. He explains why he doesn't like most fictional portraits of slavery and how he tried to tell a different story.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Michael Feldman, host of public radio’s comedy quiz show “Whad’ya Know,” provides his take on Groucho and putting audience members down when you still want them to like you.
Karen Michel got to know her neighbors by asking them three questions about the meaning of life.
A rant/sermon from Reverend Billy and the Stop Shopping Gospel Choir.
Margaret MacMillan explains the historical context of the Nixon trip to China and how it changed the course of history.
Keren David is a young adult author who has imagined just what living in the Witness Protection Program might mean.
Peter Guralnick has written a prize-winning two part biography of Elvis Presley. Now he's tackled Sam Cooke.
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