Adam Sisman and novelist Beryl Bainbridge talk with Steve Paulson about Boswell and Johnson and Boswell’s immortal biography of the brilliant 18th century man of letters.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ali Allawi tells Steve Paulson why the in-fighting of the transitional government in Iraq forced him to resign and why he feels the American efforts there were doomed.
Shattered by her father's sudden death, writer Helen Macdonald began dreaming of wild hawks. In an effort to move beyond her grief, she bought and trained a wild goshawk -- one of the world's fiercest birds of prey. But between the bird and her grief, she became, in her words "more hawk than human."
Andreas Dilschneider is the spokesperson for the World Chess Boxing Organization. From Berlin, he tells Anne Strainchamps what they do and why.
Alain de Botton talks about his book, "A Week at the Airport."
“Scoundrel” is such an old-fashioned word. I mean, who uses it anymore? Aren’t there any scoundrels today? We looked no further then the world of political opposition research.
You may not know his name, but to tens of thousands of Native Americans, Bronson Koenig is their hero. He's a star player on the Wisconsin Badgers, an NBA hopeful, and a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation. And now, he's a Standing Rock protester. Steve Paulson caught up with Koenig just before he joined the protest in North Dakota.
Annie Gauger has edited a brand new annotated version of the classic novel "The Wind in the Willows" by Kenneth Grahame.
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