How to achieve mystical experiences without drugs?
Lewis Hyde invokes the cultural commons – that vast store of art and ideas from the past that enrich everybody's present.
Mark Kurlansky, author of “1968: The Year That Rocked the World” talks about why that year was so significant.
Paul Hegarty is a lecturer in Philosophy and Visual Culture at University College Cork in Ireland. He's also really into Noise/Music and is the author of "Noise/Music: A History."
Reporter Matt Lieber offers his reflections on crossword puzzles and the people who love them, from the American Crossword Puzzle Tournament, held in Stamford, CT in 2002.
John Callahan is a C5-6 quadriplegic. With only limited arm movement, he’s become a successful cartoonist. Callahan explains why he doesn’t shy away from outrageous cartoons.
Michael Feldman, host of public radio’s comedy quiz show “Whad’ya Know,” provides his take on Groucho and putting audience members down when you still want them to like you.
Janet Cardiff - and her partner George Bures Miller - have created sound, video and installation works that have delighted, seduced, entranced and shaken audiences around the globe. In this NEW and UNCUT interview, Cardiff talks with Anne Strainchamps about art and wonder.