Russian classical pianist Lera Auerbach discuses her lifelong fear of time with Jim Fleming.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Meghan O'Rourke wonders if there's a better way to be bereaved in an essay called "Good Grief" which recently appeared in the New Yorker.
For the past three months, our host Anne Strainchamps came to work every day and listened to people talk about death and dying. Here are her reflections on how the experienced changed her.
Jason Zinoman talks to Jim Fleming about his book, "Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror."
Joe Davis, Adam Zaretsky and Oron Catts make bioart - art objects that include living tissue or organisms. They tell Steve Paulson about their work.
Poet Naomi Shihab Nye talks with Anne Strainchamps about the effects of the violence in Iraq and the Middle-East on the children who see it everyday.
Michael Lewis joins us to talk about his riveting new account of how high-frequency trading is destroying Wall Street. His new book is "Flash Boys."
Steve Paulson talks with Jerry Huffman, a reporter and anchor for Wisconsin Public Television, about the best recent books that try to make sense of the Post Cold War World.
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