The Reduced Shakespeare Company bring their latest production into our studio. They provide a whirlwind tour of the great books of literature.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sherman Alexie has written novels, film screenplays and a short story collection. He talks with Steve Paulson about being a Native American writer.
Jason Hartley talks about his book, "The Advanced Genius Theory: Are They Out of Their Minds or Ahead of Their Time?"
Stephen Asma tells Jim Fleming how today’s public institutions grew out of the bizarre private collections of people like Peter the Great.
Actor Tracy Arnold reads excerpts from the email of Rachel Corrie, the young American peace activist who was recently killed by an Israeli Army bulldozer in the Gaza Strip.
Walter Hamady is the proprietor of the Perishable Press Limited, and among the most celebrated American printers of fine, limited edition books.
Eric Carson is a geomorphologist — which, as he describes it, is basically a "double major" in geology and geography. Some time ago he and a few colleagues started asking a question about a geologic shelf where the Mississippi meets the Wisconsin River. The results could have meant nothing, or they could have meant a major new revelation about the Mississippi's historical path to the ocean.
G. Willow Wilson just won the World Fantasy Award for her novel, “Alif the Unseen”. Also, Marvel Comics is launching a new Muslim girl super-hero and Willow will be the series’ writer.
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