Tom Bollestorff is an anthropologist at UC Irvine and author of "Coming of Age in Second Life."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Wendy Doniger says sexual positions are just a small part of the Kamasutra, and that the British taught the Indians to be ashamed of this book, and their bodies.
From The Sopranos and Friday Night Lights to The Wire and Breaking Bad, we're living through a TV revolution. TV critic Alan Sepinwall gives the backstory of this explosion of great shows.
To read Alan Sepinwall's blog, click here.
Studs Terkel tells Steve Paulson why his friend Nelson Algren is one of America's great literary secrets. Among Terkel's latest books is "Hope Dies Last."
The Aleppo Codex, the oldest, most complete, most accurate text of the Hebrew Bible went missing? Where did it go?
This story was done in collaboration with Israel Story, the This American Life of Israel.
Stephen Batchelor wants contemporary Buddhists to re-think the life of the Buddha.
Music historian Will Friedwald talks with Steve Paulson about “As Time Goes By” and why we love it.
T.C. Boyle's new novel features a face-off between an animals rights activist and a biologist.
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