Claressa Shields is one of the highest ranked fighters in the world. At the age of 17 she became the first American to win gold in Olympic Women's Boxing. To date, she has more than fifty victories and only one loss. So what's it like to be one of the toughest teen fighters in the world? Charles Monroe-Kane called Claressa to find out.
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2010 was a great year for documentaries, even if they weren't actually documentaries.
Robyn Meredith talks with Steve Paulson about China's embrace of capitalism and the Indian advances in providing telephone support services.
Steve Grand tells Jim Fleming about Norns – virtual pets that live and breed in desktop computers. He says the Norns give us a way to explore questions about what it means to be alive and what rights and responsibilities "living" creatures have.
Maybe the first step to beginning again is taking the time to remember - and, if necessary, mourn - what’s past.
Shortly after 9/11/01, Ilana Harlow talked about how creative rituals can help us.
What happens when war becomes just another video game? Lido Giovacchini tells a story of futuristic combat.
In Super Senses, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk talked about how trauma disrupts people's relationship with their body. This extended interview includes more on studies into how trauma rewires the brain, and how yoga can help people heal.
Steven Pinker tells Steve Paulson that parents don’t really have much to do with shaping their children’s personalities.
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