Science journalist Harriet Brown says the medical establishment has demonized fat and misrepresented the science behind dieting and weight loss. She unpacks the four most toxic medical myths about weight and health.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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British actor Simon Callow is writing Orson Welles' biography. Volume 2 is called "Hello Americans."
Novelist Tom Perrotta talks with Anne Strainchamps about life in the suburbs, where everything is nice, and nobody wants a pedophile to move into the neighborhood.
Journalist William Claassen calls himself a nomadic pilgrim. He spent many years traveling to cloistered communities from various religious traditions around the world.
Steve Paulson profiles savage literary critic Dale Peck. A collection of Peck’s reviews is called “Hatchet Jobs.”
The saddest music of all to many people is Samuel Barber’s “Adagio for Strings.”
Vivek Maddala composes new scores for silent movies. He tells Steve Paulson how music can tell a story.
In many cultures, people use pain as a means of coming closer to God.
Ariel Glucklich talks with Jim Fleming about the history and psychology behind the practices.
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