Americans spend billions of dollars a year on over-the-counter pain relievers. In fact, all over the world, easing pain is big business. And Aspirin’s one of the top sellers. Why? Charles Mann, author of “The Aspirin Wars”, tells Steve Paulson what happened when a German company called Bayer came to America:
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Harvard Law’s Randall Kennedy (who is African American) is the author of the notoriously titled “Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word.” He talks with Steve Paulson about how the N-word has been used historically in America.
Mort Rosenblum talks about his search for the perfect chocolate.
For several days, Robert Olen Butler had a video camera trained on his desk and invited people to watch him write on-line. Butler says the Internet will create new art forms.
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.
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.
Margaret Salinger talks about her childhood in the woods of New Hampshire with her father, J.D. Salinger.
Paul Lukas talks with Jim Fleming about the gadget that measures your shoe size, and the charm of the string on the box of Animal Crackers.
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