Author Richard Florida On 'The New Urban Crisis'
Steve Inskeep talks to author Richard Florida — who has made a career studying cities, both culturally and economically. Florida's new book is called The New Urban Crisis.
Author Interviews
A Chef's Struggle Recounted In 'Out Of Line'
Award-winning chef Barbara Lynch succeeded in what traditionally has been a male-dominated industry. She spoke to NPR's Lulu Garcia-Navarro about her amazing life, and her new memoir, Out of Line.
Laura Kipnis Tackles Campus Sexual Politics In 'Unwanted Advances'
Kipnis, a professor at Northwestern, argues that Title IX investigations of sexual misconduct on campus are vastly overexpanded, to the point of chilling intellectual freedom and academic debate.
Family, Death And A Road Trip In 'Ashes To Asheville'
Scott Simon talks with author Sarah Dooley about her book Ashes to Asheville. It's about sisters trying to fulfill their mother's dying wish to spread her ashes in the last place the family was happy.
The Sci-Fi Strangeness (And Canadian Sensuality) Of Cartoonist Michael DeForge
DeForge's new book Sticks Angelica, Folk Hero grew out of a collection of Tumblr strips. It follows a woman who flees into the Canadian forest to escape a family scandal and make a new life.
Howard Norman's 'My Darling Detective' Pays Homage To Film Noir
NPR's Robert Siegel talks with writer Howard Norman about his new novel, My Darling Detective, which tells the story of a photograph and an auction in Halifax, Novia Scotia.
How Flawed Science Is Undermining Good Medicine
U.S. taxpayers pay $30 billion a year to fund biomedical research aimed at finding better treatments. But competition for scarce funding and tenure may be prompting some scientists to cut corners.
Alec Baldwin On Career Highs And Lows And Playing A 'Larger Than Life' Trump
Baldwin tells Fresh Air that his SNL impression of the president is purposefully exaggerated. "There's a kind of volume to it," he says. "It's kind of the Macy's Day Parade [version] of Trump."
'Hemingway Didn't Say That' (And Neither Did Twain Or Kafka)
There are tons of quotes from famous people out there — and a lot of them are just plain wrong. Author Garson O'Toole has dedicated himself to setting the record straight.
Book Examines 17 'Gatekeepers' Into The White House's Inner Workings
NPR's Robert Siegel talks to Chris Whipple and former White House Chief of Staff James Baker about The Gatekeepers, Whipple's look at how chiefs of staff have defined decades of presidencies.