Colby Buzzell served as a machine gunner in a Stryker Brigade in Iraq. His war blog became the book “My War: Killing Time in Iraq.”
Colby Buzzell served as a machine gunner in a Stryker Brigade in Iraq. His war blog became the book “My War: Killing Time in Iraq.”
Andreas Viestad is host of PBS’ “New Scandinavian Cooking.” He tells stories from the location filming of the series.
Anne Lamott is famous for her intensely personal and very funny style of writing. Her latest book is "Grace (Eventually): Thoughts on Faith."
Fairy tales are part of all our lives, whether it's Snow White or Cinderella of Little Red Riding Hood.
Writer and critic Alberto Manguel has assembled a personal library of some thirty thousand volumes which he houses in an old converted stone barn in a village in France.
In the fourth episode of the story of Dan Pierotti's death, friends and family stay with Dan's body in the days before the funeral. Dan's wife Judy talks about her experience of the funeral and burial.
"Then it's final," Judy says. "There's no coming back from any of it. But just the first shovel full of dirt that hits that coffin... that's very hard to hear, very hard to experience."
Popular advice columnist, NPR contributer and Freeville, NY-born author Amy Dickinson joins Michael on stage!
What have the recent leaks about the NSA's surveillance program have revealed? Computer scientist and independent scholar Susan Landau gives us her perspective, and weighs in on the questions of inquiries, and checks and balances.
You can also hear our extended conversation with Landau.