Herbert Siguenza wrote and performs a one-man play called "Cantinflas." It's based on the life and works of Mario Morena who performed as "Cantinflas" and was the Latin Charlie Chaplin.
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Jeffrey Toobin talks about how he got inside the mind of Patty Hearst in order to try to figure out whether she was brainwashed by the Symbionese Liberation Army during her 1974 kidnapping or if she joined their cause of her own free will.
Guy Maddin's latest film is a "docu-fantasia" about his hometown. It's called "My Winnipeg." TTBOOK producer Doug Gordon lived for many years in Winnipeg, so he talked with Guy Maddin and prepared this report on Maddin's award-winning film.
George Crile tells Jim Fleming how Charlie Wilson almost singlehandedly persuaded the U.S. government to fund the Afghan Mujahadeen in their war against the invading Soviets.
In the late 80's, American jazz great Charlie Haden met a young Cuban pianist – Gonzalo Rubalcaba. They hit it off, and Haden became a kind of mentor figure to Rubalcaba… who went on to become major figure in jazz. Charlie Haden died two years ago, but shortly before that, he dug out some old recordings of two concerts he played with Rubalcaba, in Japan. The album's now been released – it's called "Tokyo Adagio." Steve Paulson's been listening to it a lot and he got in touch with Rubalcaba to talk about it.
Helen Benedict tells Anne Strainchamps the shocking truth about the heavy toll sexual harassment and abuse take on our female warriors.
Garret Keizer talks about his book, "The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want: A Book About Noise."
Geraldine Brooks has written a novel which creates a fictional history for a real book – the remarkable, rare, illuminated Jewish manuscript known as the Sarajevo Haggadah.
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