Anne Strainchamps talked with Anne Heller about her subject, Ayn Rand, the power of capitalism, and her appeal for young people.
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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.
Alan Turing wasn't just a brain. He was also an accomplished athlete -- a runner, who nearly made it to the Olympics. British writer Alan Garner knew Alan Turing as his friend and running partner.
Amitav Ghosh is a novelist whose latest, “The Glass Palace” tells the story of the millions of Indians who went to Burma during the British occupation.
Independent producer Angie Blake presents her radio documentary on a group of gay men who have been outsiders from both gay and straight culture since the 1950's – the leather men.
Did we get Freud all wrong? Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips says, "Yes." In this NEW and UNCUT interview, he tells Steve Paulson that we should read Freud as a great literary writer – on par with Kafka and Dostoevsky - not as a scientist of the mind. Phillips says we’ve barely begun to appreciate Freud’s radical insights.
You want kids to love learning? Get rid of the emphais on grades and test scores. That's according to Alfie Kohn, one of America's most passionate advocates for progressive education.
Alain de Botton tells Steve Paulson that we all worry about our place in the pecking order and our lifestyle choices reflect our anxieties.
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