Novelist and journalist Ian Buruma
A conversation with novelist, journalist, documentarian and Henry R. Luce Professor of Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College Ian Buruma. His latest book is The China Lover, a historical novel ex...
9 Apr 200941min
Sound artist Lawrence English
A conversation about appreciating the seasons, collecting international field recordings and turning others on to sound art with composer, multimedia artist, critic and ROOM40 label head Lawrence Engl...
2 Apr 20091h 4min
Bookworm host Michael Silverblatt
A conversation about reading, writing and radio with Michael Silverblatt, who has hosted KCRW's Bookworm, the beloved forum for the discussion of fiction and poetry on public radio, for twenty years. ...
19 Mar 20091h 2min
Jesse Thorn, host of The Sound of Young America
A conversation about the craft of interviewing and the state of public radio today with Jesse Thorn, host and producer of Public Radio International's The Sound of Young America as well as the princip...
6 Mar 200959min
Jonathan Gottschall on science and the humanities
A conversation about what's wrong with literary studies and a possible way forward with Jonathan Gottschall, English instructor at Washington and Jefferson College and author of Science, Literature an...
26 Feb 200956min
Physicist and anthropologist Gregory Cochran on human evolution
A conversation with physicist and University of Utah adjunct professor of anthropology Gregory Cochran, co-author with Henry Harpending of The 10,000 Year Explosion: How Civilization Accelerated Human...
19 Feb 200956min
Science journalist Jonah Lehrer on decisionmaking
A conversation about the organic basis of decisionmaking with Jonah Lehrer, editor-at-large at Seed magazine and author of How We Decide.
12 Feb 200956min
On gardens and broadcasting with Robert Harrison
A conversation about what gardens say about human nature, what's missing from mainstream radio and the place of the humanities with Robert Harrison, Rosina Pierotti Professor of Italian Literature at ...
29 Jan 200957min
