Wine journalist Alice Feiring opposes the dominant, market-driven, one palate fashion of the wine industry.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Andre De Shields talks to Jim Fleming about his mission to win new roles for black actors, roles that are traditionally reserved for white actors.
Much of what we think about Karl Marx is wrong, according to cultural critic Terry Eagleton. And he says Marx admired capitalism, though he was also its most trenchant critic.
A. Van Jordan has put together a collection of poems about physics.
The 100th centennial of Alan Turing’s birth is June 23rd. In this NEW EXTENDED interview, Turing biographer Andrew Hodges tells Jim Fleming about Turing's childhood, innovation, code-cracking and persecution for his homosexuality. Hodge's book is Alan Turing: The Enigma.
Commentator Anne Schaffer remembers making Divinity - a puffy, gooey confection that was her mother’s Christmas speciality.
One could argue that there's been no better time to be a consumer. With a few keystrokes, you could order most any good or service from the comfort of your own home. But does this convenience come at a cost? Journalist Paul Roberts says we're living in a culture of instant gratification, which has the potential to make us all isolated and shallow.
Andrew Weil is one of the most influential voices in alternative medicine today. In his latest, “Spontaneous Happiness,” Weil talks about living a life that promotes happiness and peace of mind.
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