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Jhumpa Lahiri on Translation as a Path to Self-Discovery
Season 5 Episode 69
Author and translator Jhumpa Lahiri grew up in what she has called “a linguistic exile.” Born in London to Bengali immigrants who moved to the United…
3 years, 8 months ago
Jancis Robinson on the Wondrous World of Wine
Season 5 Episode 68
Jancis Robinson wrote the book on wine. Literally. The author of the first four editions of the definitive Oxford Companion to Wine, she has also pub…
3 years, 8 months ago
David Broza on Making Music That Transcends Borders
Season 5 Episode 67
Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza believes that music can unite people across cultures and has spent the past 45 years showing audiences how it c…
3 years, 9 months ago
Deborah Needleman on the Humble Joys of Making Baskets and Brooms
Season 5 Episode 66
If life is a garden, the writer, editor, and craftsperson Deborah Needleman certainly knows how to dig and cultivate it. Early in her career, she fol…
3 years, 9 months ago
Bethann Hardison on Pushing Fashion Forward and Toward “Complete Diversity”
Season 5 Episode 65
Bethann Hardison has, with great finesse, risen to become among the most vital voices in fashion. A self-described “advocate” who currently serves as…
3 years, 9 months ago
Paola Antonelli on Solving the World’s Biggest Challenges Through Design
Season 5 Episode 64
There is perhaps no one on the planet with a bigger-picture view on the impact of design—in all of its manifestations—than Paola Antonelli. As the Mu…
3 years, 10 months ago
Alfredo Jaar on Bringing Reality Into Focus
Season 5 Episode 63
Alfredo Jaar illuminates truths that often escape popular consciousness. Through his work, the artist and filmmaker raises awareness about sociopolit…
3 years, 10 months ago
Dan Barber on How Seeds Will Revolutionize Our Food System
Season 5 Episode 62
Dan Barber is on a mission to quite literally plant seeds for a better future. Around a decade ago, after learning that the nation’s largest food com…
3 years, 10 months ago
John Hoke on Technology as a Co-Conspirator in Creativity
Season 5 Episode 61
John Hoke, Nike’s chief design officer, intimately understands how to move design from an object to a feeling. At the company over the past three dec…
3 years, 10 months ago
Claudia Rankine on Confronting Whiteness Head-On Through Language
Season 5 Episode 60
Claudia Rankine cuts to the chase. She does not mince her words. The poet, essayist, playwright, and educator—whose recent body of work analyzes whit…
3 years, 11 months ago