Arika Okrent is a linguist and the author of "In the Land of Invented Languages: Esperanto Rock Stars, Klingon Poets, Logian Lovers, and the Mad Dreamers Who Tried to Build A Perfect Language."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Betsy Israel tells Jim Fleming our society has always been suspicious of unmarried women and talks about examples from Louisa Mat Alcott to Ally McBeal.
After all the debates about the Muslim world, it’s refreshing to look back at one of the world’s great mystics - the Sufi poet Rumi.
Curtis Sittenfeld is the author of a novel called “Prep.” She tells Steve Paulson what she has in common with her lead character and why she feels protective of her.
Don Foster tells Anne Strainchamps how he uses computer-assisted textual analysis to prove or disprove authorship of literary texts.
Chris Bachelder's novel “U.S.!” uses as its central character early 20th century novelist Upton Sinclair...
Psychiatrist Bessel Van Der Kolk's Dangerous Idea? Trauma is a leading public health problem and we have to fix it.
Of course, After the Romance can also come break-ups. The silver-lining to any break-up? The soundtrack.
Robin Linn and Jason Saldanha of Sound Opinions join producer Sara Nics to talk about songs of rage, revenge and moving on.
Looking for the full list of suggested break-up song? Here it is.
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