Paula Wolfert tells Steve Paulson why good food is worth slowing down for, and talks about some of her favorite recipes.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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One of this summer's hot new reads is Dean Bakopoulos' new novel, "Summerlong." It's the story of Claire and Don Lowry. They've been married for a long time. And they're now back in the college town where they met -- Grinnell, Iowa. Claire wanted to be a writer but wound up a stay-at-home mom, while Don is a real estate agent. When we meet them, they're deeply in debt and unbeknownst to Claire, they're also behind on their mortgage. And then everything begins to fall apart.
Is marriage great literary material? That’s the question Jeffrey Eugenides plays with in his novel, “The Marriage Plot”. It’s a story about how reading can shape young minds.
In this UNCUT interview, Steve Paulson talks with Eugenides about marriage, love, reading, the spiritual quest,...
Julia Mickenberg tells Steve that some of the best known children's book writers were longtime political radicals.
Len Fisher talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."
Neil McCormick believed he was going to be the world’s biggest rock star, but that’s what happened to his childhood friend, Bono.
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."
According to psychologist Meagan Curtis, the inherent sadness of the minor third is what we hear in music.
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