Philosopher Alain de Bottontalks about celebrated artist-travelers, the sense of place and the heightened awareness that makes travel meaningful.
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National security, civil liberties, terrorism...those issues obsessed Romans 2,000 years ago just as they obsess us today. Renowned classicist Mary Beard says we have lots to learn from Ancient Rome, including insights into how empires rise and fall.
Dan Chaon's short story collection, "Stay Awake," is set in post-recession America, where dreamers, losers and troubled souls feel like ghosts in their own lives.
Parents and filmmakers Joe Brewster and Michèle Stephenson have just released an astounding documentary about their son's journey through an elite New York prep school. Here's our uncut interview with them.
Annie Leonard tells Steve Paulson what happens to most of the plastic bottles consumers carefully washout and recycle.
It’s no secret that Hollywood has a diversity problem. Take for instance the fact that women only hold about 1 in 6 leadership roles in the film industry. And despite facing greater dangers, female stuntwomen typically receive less pay than their male counterparts. In her documentary “Double Dare,” Amanda Micheli follows two high profile women stunt-doubles: Jeannie Epper and Zoe Bell. Michaeli says women stunt doubles appear all the time in movies, and not always where you’d expect.
Al Green's many R & B hits made him the Minister of S-E-X until he gave it all up for gospel music and became a real minister.
Annalee Newitz is optimistic that humans are not necessarily an endangered species. In this EXTENDED interview, she talks with Anne about "Scatter, Adapt, and Remember: How Humans Will Survive a Mass Extinction."
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