For a lot of people, Albert Camus remains an essential writer. His philosophy of the absurd resonates with our struggle to find meaning in life. He also wrote eloquently about national identity and terrorism. Here we reflect on Camus’ life and enduring legacy.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Shaun Alexander tells Steve Paulson what chess does for him and why he thinks it’s good for inner city youth.
Walter Moskowitz is a tattoo legend. Before he passed away in 2007, he ran the first commercial tattoo parlor on Long Island.
Zia Hassan had a life-changing conversation with a 9-year old boy in a Washington backyard. A conversation that 2.5 million people around the world have watched on YouTube. Zia tells us about the boy he calls "The Philosopher."
Some of the greatest trips give us that feeling of traveling back in time. Last summer, Aubrey Ralph did nearly that, when he spent nine days sailing aboard a 200 year old tall ship, across two Great Lakes. He was with the reconstructed U.S. Brig Niagara as she shoved off from her home port in Erie, PA.
Producer Sara Nics went looking for wonder. She found curiosities aplenty, but no wonder at The House on the Rock, until...
Steve Paulson reports on the state of Chinese literature today. He talks with Annie Wang, Nobel Prize Laureate Gao Xingjian and National Book Award winner Ha Jin.
In many cultures, people use pain as a means of coming closer to God.
Ariel Glucklich talks with Jim Fleming about the history and psychology behind the practices.
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