Iraq War veteran Sergeant John McCary reads an e-mail he sent his family in 2004 about the brutal nature of the insurgency.
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Susan Sontag’s new book about the imagery of war is “Regarding the Pain of Others.” She says that graphic war photos can be very powerful, but they often elicit complicated reactions among viewers.
Trevor Paglan is the author of "I Could Tell You But Then You Would Have To Be Destroyed By Me." That's the Latin translation of a patch designed for a top secret Navy air testing station.
Rodney Rothman tells Jim Fleming why he decided to "retire" at age 28 and go to live in a retirement community in Florida.
The Japanese either love or hate these slimy, stinky, fermented soybeans. Now, natto is gaining popularity with home fermentation enthusiasts.
Helen Turrner is the "Queen of Barbecue," the owner and pitmaster of Helen's Bar-B-Q in Brownsville, Tennessee. She's one of the few women pitmasters.
Best-selling writer Elizabeth Gilbert brings an intrepid 19th century woman botanist to life in her latest novel, "The Signature of All Things." In this conversation, she introduces us to the wonder of moss, Darwin's correspondance with "lady scientists" and the 16th century mystic, Jacob Boehme.
How do you make music from plants? Here's a recent article about the artist Mileece.
Thebe Medupe is an astrophysicist and producer of the documentary film "Cosmic Africa." He tells Anne Strainchamps about spending time with the Kalahari Bushmen...
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