Lifestyle


Sub Topics:
Hanne Blank - Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
Hanne Blank - Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality
Hanne Blank
April 5, 2012
00:58:43
Author and historian Hanne Blank discusses her book Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality. Like the typewriter and the light bulb, Blank argues that the heterosexual was invented in the 1860s and swiftly and permanently transformed Western culture.
The Good Book: A Humanist Bible
A.C. Grayling
April 8, 2011
00:27:00
Philosopher A.C. Grayling discusses his book The Good Book: A Humanist Bible, a non-religious Bible that draws from the wealth of secular literature and philosophy in both Western and Eastern traditions. How can one live a humane, meaningful life without following a specific religion?
Allan Crite: A Boston Treasure
Allan Crite: A Boston Treasure
Edmund Gaither
February 23, 2011
00:56:48
Edmund Gaither, founding Director and Curator of the Museum of the National Center of Afro-American Artists, discusses Allan Crite, the “Dean of African American Artists in New England.” Allan Rohan Crite was born in North Plainfield, New Jersey and moved with his family to Boston as an infant.
Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
Amy Chua
February 22, 2011
00:55:07
Yale law professor Amy Chua discusses the differences between Eastern and Western parenting techniques and her new memoir, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. All decent parents want to do what's best for their children.
Ellen F. Brown: Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind
Ellen F. Brown
February 16, 2011
00:17:28
Ellen Brown, lawyer and an award-winning freelance writer, discusses the book she co-authored with John Wiley, Jr. The book is titled, Margaret Mitchell’s Gone With the Wind: A Bestseller’s Odyssey from Atlanta to Hollywood.
Allen Shawn: Twin
Allen Shawn
January 20, 2011
01:04:00
Allen Shawn, pianist and composer, discusses his memoir, Twin, about growing up as the twin brother of a sister with autism. When Allen Shawn and his sister, Mary, were two, Mary began exhibiting signs of what would be diagnosed many years later as autism.
Mira Bartok: The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok: The Memory Palace
Mira Bartok
January 18, 2011
00:57:08
Mira Bartok, children's book writer and essayist, reads from her memoir The Memory Palace, her first book for adults. "People have abandoned their loved ones for much less than you've been through," Mira Bartok is told at her mother's memorial service.
Henry Louis Gates and Ilan Stavans: Culture Wars and the Canon
Henry Louis Gates and Ilan Stavans: Culture Wars and the Canon
Henry Louis Gates Jr.
December 16, 2010
01:06:00
Two leading cultural thinkers, Ilan Stavans and Henry Louis Gates, Jr., discuss Latino and African American relationships in the U.S.