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In Contrast: A Podcast on Culture in the Making
In Contrast explores wide-ranging topics from art to politics through interviews with the people experiencing and defining the issues of the modern world.

Episode #5: Children Are Illogical—Norton Juster

New England Public Media
Published August 9, 2017 at 2:33 PM EDT
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Norton Juster is the author of The Phantom Tollbooth, one of the most beloved children’s books of all time. In this interview with Ilan Stavans, Juster talks about writing , his career as an architect and writing children’s books.

Music heard on In Contrast is provided by the Fresh Cut Orchestra.

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