Anne Strainchamps talks with Anne Fadiman about her book “Rereadings: Seventeen Writers Revisit Books They Love.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Amy Stewart tells Steve Paulson why she adores earthworms. She lives with upwards of forty thousand of them in her worm bins and they take very good care of her garden.
Ann Jones tells Steve Paulson about her trip across Africa to meet the Lovedu people, a tribe ruled by women.
Neurologist Alice Flaherty talks about the science behind writer’s block, and recounts her own experiences with hypergraphia.
Plum Kettle weighs 300 pounds and would do anything to lose weight. But then something unexpected happens. She gets angry. Very angry. Hear an excerpt from Sarai Walker's new novel, "Dietland."
Anthony Browne, one of England’s most admired children’s book authors, talks with Steve Paulson about several of his books.
Andrea Olsen tells Steve Paulson how to extend his awareness of the body’s sensory abilities, and does an excerpt from a performance art piece on body awareness.
For nearly a decade, political scientist Kathy Cramer has been travelling throughout rural Wisconsin, talking with groups of people at small cafes, gas stations, and other popular local gathering spots. Through her conversations with ordinary Wisconsinites, she's discovered a growing resentment between the state's rural and academic communities. She tells Steve Paulson that the dream of the Wisconsin Idea isn't connecting with many of the state's rural residents.
Pages
