Richard Goldstein, executive editor of the Village Voice, is appalled by the rampant chauvinism of popular culture.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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What made Lincoln a great president? Was he a closet racist? We hear short interviews with Lincoln historians Doris Kearns Goodwin, Orville Vernon Burton and John Stauffer.
Steve Paulson presents a profile of the late writer Noel Perrin, best known for his essays on rural life.
Kyle Hausmann-Stokes, like many returning Iraq War veterans, struggled alone with his PTSD. Eventually he got help and made a film called "Now, After."
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.
Novelist Louis de Bernieres tells Jim Fleming about the climate of religious toleration that marked the Ottoman Empire.
Michael Kimmelman talks with Steve Paulson about making your life a work of art.
Philipp Blom tells Anne Strainchamps about some of history's great pack-rats, and what purposes their collections served.
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