Margot Peters is the author of “Design for Living” - a biography of Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Take a look at any portrayal of the Dark Ages and you might come away believing it was a gruesome and violent time, but is that historically true?
Urban sprawl is a staggering problem in China as a result of the on-going Chinese industrial revolution.
Jim Elledge is the co-editor (with Susan Swartwout) of “Real Things,” an anthology of poetry that references popular culture.
With all that New York has to offer, Robert Sullivan chose to spend his time in a dark alley in Manhattan observing rats.
Doug Worgul works for Joe's Kansas City Bar-B-Que in Olathe, Kansas. He's also a writer and the author of a barbecue novel called, "Thin Blue Smoke." He explains what makes Kansas City style barbecue different from other styles.
John Emsley talks about the Periodic Table of the Elements, and why science, and the teaching of science, should be fun.
Maurice Sendak talks about growing up as a Jewish child in WWII New York.
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