Jan 15th, 2007 · Author Daniel Tammet talks about his new book Born on a Blue Day: Inside the Extraordinary Mind of an Autistic Savant, and his amazing facility with numbers. Tammet has a rare form of autism that gives him astonishing mental powers.
Dec 18th, 2006 · In what may be rock's best-ever day job, Thom Moran, lead singer of Boston's Bon Savants, moonlights as a rocket scientist at MIT. On the band's new disc, people drink a lot, contemplate outer space and discuss Schrodinger -- in other words, it's exactly the sort of album a rocket scientist might make.
Dec 21st, 2005 · French musician Benjamin Biolay has been a hit-maker in his home country for years, praised for his songs and his innovative collaborations with other performers. But he's not well known in the United States. Music critic Chris Douridas of member station KCRW talks about Biolay's work with Madeleine Brand.