Anne Allison is the author of "Millennial Monsters: Japanese Toys and the Global Imagination." She talks to Anne Strainchamps about the universal appeal of Japanese pop culture.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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It was a snowy day. Susan B. Anthony invited Frederick Douglass to tea. Author Dean Robbins reads from "Two Friends," his new picture for kids.
Is this... a date?
Should I ..? Are we going to..?
A story from Marilyn Pittman.
Allen Snyder tells Steve Paulson that he uses a device called the Medtronic Mag Pro to stimulate autistic-savant-like abilities in normal people.
Aaron was born female and lived the first 29 years of his life as a girl named Sarah. He then went through the hormone and surgical therapies to become male and lives now as a gay man.
Andrew Hurley’s book is “Diners, Bowling Alleys, and Trailer Parks: Chasing the American Dream in Postwar Consumer Culture.” Hurley talks about the history of the diner.
Alex Blumberg used to be a producer for This American Life. He also co-founded NPR's Planet Money. He recently left public radio to launch his own podcast production company, called Gimlet Media. They've already got two podcasts out, with a third on the way. He says, with smart phones and Wi-Fi enabled cars, people have more opportunity to listen to what they want, when they want.
Anne Strainchamps reports on the current spate of Christian thrillers which involve cloning Christ.
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