There are sad songs in rock, and sad songs in jazz, but the resting place for the saddest songs is clearly in country music.
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Colum McCann tells Steve Paulson what made Rudolf Nureyev the greatest dancer of his time and that his life was shaped by his ambition and his physical beauty.
DEVO co-founder Mark Mothersbaugh talks about his new visual art exhibition, "Myopia."
The documentary, "Examined Life," features eight prominent philosophers, including Cornel West, Peter Singer, Slavoj Zizek and Judith Butler.
Brian Price tells Anne Strainchamps how he came to prepare the last meals for some 200 inmates on Death Row in Texas prisons.
Fernanda Eberstadt talks with Steve Paulson about the gypsy community of Perpignan. They’ve lived in this southern French city for some 500 years but don’t consider themselves French.
Carl Honore tells Jim Fleming that several countries have societies which promote a slower, more relaxed approach to life.
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