The Happiest Place in the World; The Origins of the Things We Say; The "Me" Decade; Custerology
The Happiest Place in the World
NPR national correspondent Eric Weiner discusses his new book, The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Place in the World. It's part travelogue, part memoir. Larry talks with Weiner about where happiness lies.
The Origins of the Things We Say
Author Karlen Evins discusses her book I Didn't Know That: From Ants in the Pants to Wet Behind the Ears -- The Unusual Origins of the Things We Say. She is the co-host of Beyond Reason, a weekly radio talk show produced in Nashville, Tennessee.
The "Me" Decade
In the sixties, as the nation anticipated the conquest of space, the defeat of poverty, and an end to injustice at home and abroad, no goal seemed beyond America's reach. Then the seventies brought arrived—bringing gas lines, the resignation of a president, defeat in Vietnam, and a bad economy. The country fell into a great funk. But when things fall apart, you can take the fragments and make something fresh. Avocado kitchens and Earth Shoes may have been ugly, but they signaled new modes of seeing and being. American culture and design critic Thomas Hine explains how in his new book The Great Funk: Falling Apart and Coming Together (On a Shag Rug) In the Seventies. Larry Mantle talks with Hine about the "me" decade.
Custerology
Larry Mantle talks with Michael Elliott, author of the new book, Custerology: The Enduring Legacy of the Indian Wars and George Armstrong Custer that chronicles the life of George Armstrong Custer and attempts to explain why he is such an enduring figure of the American West.