National Public Radio and local affiliates like KQED in San Francisco bring some of the best interviews and discussions you can hear in American Media. Here are some interviews worth listening.
- Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban, on the political crisis in Pakistan.
- Mira Nair on Namesake and herself.
- Walter Isaacson talks about his new book, Einstein: His Life and Universe
. See also his article which says why imagination and creativity are important.
- Religion scholars Elaine Pagels and Karen King talk about their new book Reading Judas: The Gospel of Judas and the Shaping of Christianity
- Daniel Levitin, former record producer and sound engineer for Columbia Records and Professor at McGill, talks about the perception of music in the human brain
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