English journalist Jason Elliot tells Steve Paulson that Afghans are proud and pious people who still suffer from the aftermath of a decade of war.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Joshua Wolf Shenk talks about his book, "Powers of Two: Finding the Essence of Innovation in Creative Pairs."
Allen Long is a former dope-smuggler and the subject of Robert Sabbag’s book “Loaded: A Misadventure on the Marijuana Trail.” Anne Strainchamps interviewed them a week apart.
Chicago May was a 19th century Irish immigrant who became a con-woman and crook instead of a maid or factory worker.
Joshua Clover explains the subtitle of his book, “1989: Bob Dylan Didn’t Have This To Sing About.”
In 1999 writer Leif Ueland was invited to ride the Playboy bus as it cris-crossed America in search of “Miss Millennium.”
Historian Jeremy Black talks with Steve Paulson about James Bond as an agent of the British Empire. He says Bond’s adventures are often set in former British colonies.
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