Jerry Apps is a rural historian and chronicler of country life. His book "Old Farm" is a kind of deep history of his land in Wisconsin.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Norman George wrote and stars in “Poe Alone” - a play set during the writer’s last public lecture.
Naomi Klein discusses how countries impose "disaster capitalism" on countries to get otherwise unpopular policies accepted.
Marvin Minsky tells Steve Paulson he believes machine intelligence is very like human intelligence and that one day people may choose to back themselves up into computers.
Lorrie Moore has a new collection of short stories. She tells Steve Paulson that life is filled with absurdity; ghost stories are great fodder for fiction; and North America now owns the short story.
Nicholas Ostler talks to Jim Fleming about how languages spread and the similarities and differences between Chinese and English.
Merritt Ierley talks with Anne Strainchamps about the domestic technology (central heating, indoor plumbing, vacuum cleaners, dishwashers) that makes American homes the most comfortable in the world.
Jane Juska was 67 when she placed a personal ad in the NY Review of Books looking for good sex with a man she liked.
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