Mo Yan is a Chinese novelist whom many critics think will be a future Nobel Prize winner. His new novel is called “Big Breasts & Wide Hips.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Kirsten Bakis first wrote her story of biomechanically-enhanced, hyper-intelligent dogs 20 years ago, and it’s been a cult favorite ever since. So why create a post-modern Frankenstein story with dogs at the heart of the tale?
Jim Fleming explores Wisconsin’s Cave of the Mounds with Marcia Bjornerud, author of “Reading the Rocks: The Autobiography of the Earth.”
In his last few years, Sacks revealed more details about his own life. One of the most remarkable revelations was his extensive use of LSD and other hallucinogens in the ‘60s. He tells Steve Paulson that psychedelics nearly killed him, but they also opened his mind to new ways of seeing the world.
Lia Macko tells Jim Fleming women still blame themselves for not being able to achieve everything imagined in the days of the Feminist Revolution.
Jane Scott, recently retired as the rock critic of the Cleveland Plain Dealer, talks about meeting Jimi Hendrix and Paul McCartney, and not meeting Elvis.
Anthropologist Katherine Frank tells Steve Paulson who goes to strip clubs and what they’re looking for.
Paul Krugman is one of the most prominent liberal pundits in America. He talks with Steve Paulson about his latest book, "The Conscience of A Liberal."
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