Seasons & Episodes
Fathers Roses: Wole Soyinka
The African Nobel Prize winner for literature 1986 reflects on beauty and consolation during the civil war and his impri
Homecoming: Roger Scruton
Reactionary, contrary, controversial: all labels that have been stuck on the British philosopher Roger Scruton over the
Alone on the mountain: Jane Goodall
Interview with Jane Goodall, British writer and ethologist (in a studio). Goodall left for Africa at the age of 23 and h
The Code of Pasternak: George Steiner
Interview with George Steiner, British literary critic and writer (in his home in Cambridge, Great Britain). Steiner tal
The End of the Thirteenth: Vladimir Ashkenazy
Interview with Vladimir Ashkenazy, Russian pianist and conductor (in the large rehearsal hall of the Deutsches Symphonie
Thor, Newton, Einstein: Steven Weinberg
Interview with Steven Weinberg, American theoretical physicist (in his office at the University of Texas in Austin, Texa
Guilt: Martha Nussbaum
Interview with Martha Nussbaum (in her Chicago apartment, located on Lake Michigan, near Harold Washington Park). Nussba
You Are There and You Are Not: Karel Appel
Interview with Karel Appel, Dutch painter. Appel has specially selected eight of his paintings for the interview as symb
The Greatest Mystery Is Not the Universe: Edward Witten
Interview with Edward Witten, American theoretical physicist (in a room at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton
Dear Mother: Elizabeth Loftus
Interview with Elizabeth Loftus, American psychologist (in her home in Seattle, overlooking Union Bay, a bay in Lake Was
When My Father Was Still Big: Rutger Kopland
Interview with Rutger Kopland, Dutch poet (pseudonym of Rudy van den Hoofdakker, psychiatrist) (in his garden house/stud
What's Mary Doing in the Cave: Gary Lynch
Interview with Gary Lynch (in a converted workspace trailer next to the buildings of the Center for the Neurobiology of
John the Myth: Stephen Jay Gould
Interview with Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist and evolutionary biologist (in his office at the Museum of Com
The Poetics of the Album: Dubravka Ugrešić
Interview with Dubravka Ugresic, Croatian writer. Using photos and excerpts from her books, Ugresic talks about the role
Ugly Ears: Simon Schama
Interview with Simon Schama, British historian (in a room at The Ritz hotel on Piccadilly in London, overlooking Green P
True Love Gives Trust: Catherine Bott
Interview with Catherine Bott, British soprano and interpreter of medieval songs and operas (in the Main Hall of the Con
Innocence?: John M. Coetzee
Interview with John Coetzee, South African writer (in a hotel room in downtown Cape Town and on Diaz Beach, South Africa
The Unanswered Question: Richard Dufallo
Richard Dufallo, American conductor, gave a concert entitled 'The concert of beauty and consolation' for 'Of beauty and
After the Death of Sophia Loren?: Leon Lederman
Interview with Leon Lederman, American experimental physicist (in the main building of the Fermi Laboratory near Batavia
Greetings from Medemblik: Rudi Fuchs
Interview with Rudi Fuchs, art historian (in the study of his home). Fuchs shows various postcards that he has collected
Don't Look Back: Tatjana Tolstaja
Interview with Tatjana Tolstaja, Russian writer and granddaughter of Leo Tolstoy. Tolstaja talks about her deceased fath
Freeman Dyson
Interview with Freeman Dyson, British/American theoretical physicist (in the living room of his home in Princeton, New J
Other States of Consciousness: Richard Rorty
Interview with Richard Rorty, American philosopher (in a studio and in nature). Rorty talks about his childhood memories
Scoundrel: Györgi Konrád
Interview with György Konrád, Hungarian writer (standing in a room of a canal house on the Zeedijk and looking out ove
Three Times Australia: Germaine Greer
Germaine Greer, Australian writer, captures her native Australia with a camera for 'Of Beauty and Comfort', for her the
The Ninth: Yehudi Menuhin
Interview with Yehudi Menuhin (at his home in Chester Square, London, and at a concert hall). Menuhin talks about the mo
The Gathering
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