How should we decide when to stop life-prolonging treatments for people with severe brain damage and terminal illness? Are live organ donors always out of the question? As medicine makes it possible for us to prolong life, when should we just let - or help - someone die?
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
Audio
Performance artist Tim Miller focuses on dimensions of his life as a gay man in his work.
Sharon Ghamari-Tabrizi explores one of the Cold War's most controversial figures in her book "The Worlds of Herman Kahn: The Intuitive science of Thermonuclear War."
When Tracy Gary inherited a million dollars, she decided to give it all away. As a philanthropic advisor, she's now helping others do the same.
She spoke with Jim Fleming about transforming the culture of the so-called "one percent", and the hidden gifts of giving.
Terri Jentz is the author of "Strange Piece of Paradise: A Return to the American West to Investigate My Attempted Murder - and Solve the Riddle of Myself," talks with Anne Strainchamps.
Polar science becomes art in the hands of novelist Lucy Jane Bledsoe ("Big Bang Symphony") and musician Paul Miller (aka DJ Spooky). Here are some of their impressions of the continent they can't forget.
William Tsutsui tells Anne Strainchamps about the original Godzilla and why he became a cultural icon in Japan.
First Amendment lawyer Ron Collins talks with Steve Paulson about the renegade comedian and junkie Lenny Bruce who was repeatedly arrested for obscenity.
Pages
