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.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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We share the mysterious story of the listener who sent us postcards in response to our show about handwriting.
Ned Rorem tells Jim Fleming that the world of classical music is all about money today and that performers seem to matter even more than the music.
Parker Palmer tells Jim Fleming why the soul still matters in an age of science.
Lola Pashalinski and Linda Chapman are actresses who wrote and perform a play called “Gertrude and Alice.” They tell Steve Paulson about Gertrude Stein and Alice B. Toklas.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie won the National Book Critics Circle award for her new novel, "Americanah." We went back to our archives and found this memorable interview with Adichie from 2010, when Steve Paulson spoke to her about her earlier novel "The Thing Around Your Neck."
Nina Paley has made a film using animation, Indonesian shadow puppets and a ‘20s era jazz singer to re-tell the story from the Ramayana of the marriage of the Hindu god Rama and his wife, Sita.
Novelist and travel writer Paul Theroux tells Steve Paulson about the time he was held captive in Africa.
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