Historian Jill Lepore talks with Jim Fleming about Noah Webster and his dictionary. She says Webster thought Americans should have their own language and he celebrated American words.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Politicians love to stump about the middle class and the American Dream. But the struggle to make a decent living in the United States isn’t just politics… it’s personal. Here’s a story from Arturo Camelot, a student at Tucson’s City High School.
Paul Lussier is the author of “Last Refuge of Scoundrels,” a fictionalized re-telling of the American Revolution. He tells Steve Paulson some of the dirt he dug up on the Founding Fathers.
Journalist John Carlin talks with Steve Paulson about the 1995 rugby tournament that changed South Africa's history.
Madelon Sprengnether tells Jim Fleming that going to the movies became a form of therapy for her and helped her sort out her own life experiences.
Julie Phillips is the author of "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon."
Michael Wood's latest documentary film for PBS is called "Shangri-La." Wood tells Jim Fleming about his journey through the Himalayas.
Matthew Klam talks about his experience with Ecstasy and reflects on the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on the cultural perception of drug use.
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