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Life lacks one thing: continuity, that property of continuous and connected periods of time that, through perception alone, work to keep us balanced. There is not an uninterrupted connection or union of anything, if you think about it. Let’s think … Continue reading

“Sometimes I’ve believed in as many as six impossible things before breakfast,” says Alice, the delightful protagonist in Charles Lutwidge Dodgson’s “Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.” Could one of those things have been time travel? Could the rabbit hole be the … Continue reading

Dr. Karen Wyatt, whose work with end-of-life patients is documented in her book, What Really Matters, has been on this show twice before to discuss self-analysis and suicide. Her return on Oct. 23’s show is timely, as she discusses “death … Continue reading

Singers and bands are concerned that streaming music services like YouTube, Spotify and Deezer pay too little money back to them compared to selling music—which has lost much of its value, too. But the public doesn’t care. The new technology … Continue reading

The written word is accepted, embraced, betrayed, ignored and, of course, followed to the brink of insanity. Is the medium the message or is the message just a mess? Seven authors that despised movie adaptations of their books make up … Continue reading

While political movements include equal pay for women, there could never be legislation guaranteeing equal laughs for women comedians. On our Oct. 2 show, meet Alonna Breisch, who dares stand up before both sexes of all ages to make them … Continue reading

“Hollywood,” the movie factory that gives the public what it wants, seems to be investing almost exclusively on what a single portion of the public wants, narrowing the product to a scant few types of movies. How does this affect … Continue reading

Drama is constructed to seduce the audiences’ brains into many moods, sometimes to satisfy the story, sometimes to provoke particular feelings that support the protagonist. Scientists are studying cinematic drama for clues about the nature of perception and how science … Continue reading

Thom Savino joins our host and Jeremy Long to celebrate the contents of The Book of Titles of Books I Will Never Write, by Frank Cotolo, which we hope will inspire you to think about all the books you will … Continue reading

Jim Waskowich (pictured), with his brother Chris, was on the cutting edge of technology some years back and along with a groundbreaking music web site they launched live alternative broadcasting. Jim offered our host a spot on the lineup and … Continue reading