Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."
Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."
Steve's hard at work on this weekend’s “Words and Music” show. Here's his note on the inspiration behind the show, and a taste of an interview with a scientist who's putting rappers in MRI machines.
Neil Innes wrote and sang the tunes for The Rutles, who were Eric Idle’s parody of The Beatles.
Maurice Sendak has written and narrates a story called "Pincus and the Pig: A Klezmer Tale." It's based on Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf".
John Haught believes these so called "new atheists" simply don't measure up to the old athiests like Nietzsche and Camus.
Steve Paulson presents a profile of the late writer Noel Perrin, best known for his essays on rural life.
Malcolm Gladwell is a staff writer for The New Yorker and author of “The Tipping Point.” He talks about how successful marketing works and gives some examples.