Less than 30 percent of Americans have filled out an advanced directive for end-of-life care, but 90 percent of the people in La Crosse, Wisconsin have one. Rehman Tungekar reports on Gundersen Health's remarkable effort to get an entire city talking about death and dying.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Canadian journalist Naomi Klein, author of “No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Name Bullies,” talks about the day brand names were left for dead on Wall Street.
Mark Cain is the author of "Boomer at Midlife." He talks with Jim Fleming about being a boomer and the novel he wrote about it.
Lia Macko tells Jim Fleming women still blame themselves for not being able to achieve everything imagined in the days of the Feminist Revolution.
The French have a curatorial attitude toward their language, but in fact they add new words all the time.
Paul Collins describes his experience as an antiquarian bookseller in the Welsh town of Hay-on-Wye in his book “Sixpence House.”
Are we ever good enough, or are we doomed to self-optimization for our entire lives?
One of the most amazing things about National Parks is what you can hear. Or as acoustic ecologist Gordon Hempton would put it, NOT hear. He's is the founder of the organization One Square Inch of Silence. The once square inch is an actual place located in the Hoh Rain Forest at Olympic National Park. The exact location is marked by a small red-colored stone placed on top of a moss-covered log. And after you hear (or don't hear) this piece you will want to go. So, here's a map.
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