Leszek Pawlowicz is a computer consultant who doubles as a professional game show contestant. He says he’s not brilliant, he just has a memory that retains facts.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Marcel Danesi tells Steve Paulson why it’s dangerous for a culture when its members forsake maturity and wisdom in favor of a search for eternal youth.
Oklahoma is famous for tornados. And the safest place to be in a tornado is a basement, right? Well in Oklahoma, they don’t have many basements. In fact, only 3 percent of homes have them. Why? Because people in Oklahoma think you can’t build basements in their soil.
Oscar Robertson is one of the all-time great basketball players. He talks with Steve Paulson about his constant struggle against racism during his playing years.
Mark Katz tells Jim Fleming what a presidential joke writer does, how his team managed to get through the Lewinsky affair and what taught Bill Clinton the value of self-deprecating humor.
Poet Mary Rose O'Reilly talks with Anne Strainchamps about the archaeology of memory and reads some of her work.
Kate Sekules tells Anne Strainchamps how she got into boxing, why she enjoyed getting really strong, and how she coped with her anger during bouts.
This is a poem by Susan Avishai about a single elderly woman who lived next door for more than 25 years.She wrote it just a few months before her neighbor passed away.
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