Perhaps one of the most obvious and important cultural divides in the United States is between the political right and left.
Senator John McCain says being respected is more important than being liked in Washington. He talks about his role models with Steve Paulson.
Wagner James Au, who writes about video games for salon.com, tells Jim Fleming about “State of Emergency,” the game that lets you attack global capitalism.
Steven Hall’s debut novel is called “The Raw Shark Texts.” Hall reads from the books opening, and talks with Jim Fleming.
Sarah Bunting is one of the founders of the website Televisionwithoutpity.com, a site for people who have a love/hate relationship with TV.
Claressa Shields is one of the highest ranked fighters in the world. At the age of 17 she became the first American to win gold in Olympic Women's Boxing. To date, she has more than fifty victories and only one loss. So what's it like to be one of the toughest teen fighters in the world? Charles Monroe-Kane called Claressa to find out.
As a growing number of people "come back from the dead" thanks to new resusitation techniques, there's are more stories of what it's like to die. In this discussion, doctors and scientists talk about trying to understand "near death experience."
