Mark Connelly tells Steve Paulson that Christmas gives people the same kind of emotional satisfaction they seek from the movies, so it’s a perfect match.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jody Lewen is the executive director of the Prison University Project, a degree-granting program for the inmates at San Quentin State Prison in California. She's seen first hand the transformative power of knowledge and education and thinks the most important feature of higher education should be accessibility.
Poet Lisa Russ Spaar tells Jim about her book “Acquainted with the Night” - an anthology of verse about insomnia, or written by insomniacs.
Maybe Mr. Rogers was right and every neighbor is a potential friend – someone worth inviting over, getting to know. On the other hand, maybe the weird guy next door will turn out to be Jeffrey Dahmer.
John Nichols tells Jim Fleming that the new anti-terrorism laws are endangering civil liberties. He says Congress is depriving the country of the open policy discussion a democracy needs.
Lyle Victor Albert is a playwright who’s gotten the most attention for his one-man show “Scraping the Surface,” which recounts his experiences with cerebral palsy.
Peggy Orenstein tells Anne Strainchamps about “parasite singles” - young Japanese, mostly female, who reject the traditional life of marriage and children.
Rick Steves is the author of 30 European guidebooks, and host of public radio and television travel shows.
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