Novelist Nick Hornby reveals his knowledge of obsessive music fan-dom in his new book, "Juliet, Naked." He reads from the book and talks about it with Jim Fleming.
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Anthropologist Katherine Frank tells Steve Paulson who goes to strip clubs and what they’re looking for.
Paul Krugman wrote an article called “For Richer” for the New York Times Magazine. He tells Steve Paulson that there is a widening chasm between the super rich and the rest of us.
Liaquat Ahamed talks about the parallels between the recent financial meltdown and the events that led up to the Great Depression. Both situations involved bubbles, and errors by the Federal Reserve System.
Writer Ayelet Waldman was struggling...with her marriage, her kids, her life.Then she took daily microdoses of LSD for a month and found a kind of beauty and calm she hadn’t known for years.
Liza Dalby is the first Western woman to become a geisha. Dalby tells Steve Paulson what being a geisha means and explains why modern women have trouble wearing kimonos.
Jill Price can remember every day of her life since the age of 14. She's one of only half a dozen people diagnosed with "hyperthymesia" - a fancy word for nearly total recall.
Rick Steves is the author of 30 European guidebooks, and host of public radio and television travel shows.
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