Japanese comics, manga, and animation, anime, are among Japan's most popular cultural exports. Fred Schodt is the guy to talk to about Japan's contemporary graphic arts explosion. He talks about the "God of Manga," Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Astro Boy.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Nadine Svoboda’s been all over the world listening to forests. She records their sounds for the British Library Sound Archive.
Jim Elledge is the co-editor (with Susan Swartwout) of “Real Things,” an anthology of poetry that references popular culture.
Mike Tidwell is a freelance journalist who thinks he’s found the biggest environmental catastrophe in America. In this pre-Katrina interview, Tidwell talks about the time he spent with shrimpers in the bayou country and what they taught him about the devastating price we’re paying for the way we control floods on the Mississippi River.
Paul Flores and Marc Bamuthi Joseph are spoken-word poets in the San Francisco Bay area.
Nicholas Carr believes the Internet is rewiring the human brain with its instant access to all sorts of information. Are we losing our ability to focus on one thing for any length of time?
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
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