April 22, 2021
The Free World
April 15, 2021
Bidenomics
Bidenomics is different, we are beginning to notice. Just keeping score in the trillions of dollars takes some getting used to. But some key rules...| More
April 8, 2021
The Life of Roth
Philip Roth, the late novelist, may hold the record for “most ways to tell his own story,” in fiction and fact; in his psychiatric farce...| More
April 1, 2021
We’ll Always Have Casablanca
You must remember this, the song says. In fact, it’s hard to forget at Oscar time every April, that Casablanca, the Best Picture of 1942,...| More
March 25, 2021
Back to School
The public schools that are reopening this spring are not the same ones that shut down in the COVID cloud a year ago. “Learning in...| More
March 18, 2021
Wagner and Wagnerism
This show originally aired on September 17, 2020. Richard Wagner, man and musician, was the embodiment of excess—too much of a good thing if you...| More
March 11, 2021
The CRISPR Challenge
The CRISPR challenge is back—first to grasp, then how to apply the biggest scientific breakthrough of our century so far. You remember CRISPR: nature’s own...| More
March 4, 2021
Plague Year Two
We labeled it the Plague Year even before we began living it. The news last March came with medieval and bubonic overtones of catastrophe. A...| More
February 18, 2021
Write Like the Russians
The invitation this hour, or maybe the dream, is to learn how to write short stories with the poignancy and power of the old Russian...| More
February 11, 2021
Malcolm X in Boston and Beyond
This show first aired on February 13, 2020. The life of Malcolm X is the classic hero’s journey, in a setting we almost know: a...| More
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