In this hour, Alain de Botton talks to Anne Strainchamps about his experience as Heathrow Airport's first writer-in-residence. de Botton is the author of A Week at the Airport.
Next, Greg Lindsay talks to Steve Paulson about the city of the future -- the aerotropolis. Lindsay is the co-author, along with John Kasarda, of Aerotropolis: The Way We'll Live Next.
Then, Brian Eno biographer David Sheppard talks to Jim Fleming about Brian Eno's groundbreaking 1978 album, Ambient 1: Music for Airports. Sheppard is the author of "On Some Faraway Beach: The Life and Times of Brian Eno."
And finally, Christopher Schaberg talks to Anne Strainchamps about looking at the airport through the lens of literature. Schaberg is the author of The Textual Life of Airports: Reading the Culture of Flight. [Broadcast Date: May 10, 2012]
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