Who's the real Barack Obama? Biographer David Maraniss traveled around the world searching for answers. He says Obama's life is surrounded in mythology.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Sean Penn reads a section of Bob Dylan’s autobiography where Dylan credits George as one of his greatest influences.
Azhar Usman is a Muslim stand-up comic and part of the "Allah Made Me Funny" Comedy Troupe. He tells Jim Fleming that he sees himself as belonging to a long tradition of socially conscious comedians.
Deborah Madison talks with Anne Strainchamps about shopping at farmer’s markets. She says slowing down for food is one of the best ways to bring pleasure back into your life.
Nigerian novelist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Her most noted novel is called “Half of a Yellow Sun.”
According to historian Thomas Laqueur, neither sanitation nor the soul fully explain the rang of rituals we've developed for caring for dead bodies. For him, there is a deeper anthropological truth at work: caring for the dead marks the human transition from nature into culture.
One of the enduring ideas – and an everyday saying – is that it’s possible to “pull yourself up by your bootstraps.” Of course, it’s physically impossible, but producer Sara Nics thought there had to be a way to do it with some engineering know-how and well-built boots.
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