Lieutenant Shannon Kilkoyne talks about her experience as a female soldier in Iraq.
Lieutenant Shannon Kilkoyne talks about her experience as a female soldier in Iraq.
James Finney Boylan had gender re-assignment surgery in his 40s and is now Jennifer Finney Boylan.
Acclaimed novelist Colson Whitehead got the magazine assignment of a lifetime: a week in Vegas, playing in the World Series of Poker. He tells Doug Gordon about high stakes poker and his own "anhedonia," his difficulty experiencing pleasure.
John Haught believes these so called "new atheists" simply don't measure up to the old athiests like Nietzsche and Camus.
Mark Helprin's got a new book out. "In Sunlight and in Shadow" lands on shelves this week. The novel is his first return to New York City since "Winter's Tale." In this UNCUT interview, Helprin talks with Jim Fleming about the story and the city.
Biologist Phil Dustan tells Steve Paulson about coral reefs: what they are, how they grow, why they’re all dying, and what we might do to save them.
Michael Ruhlman is the author of “Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard.” He says that wooden boats are alive and have souls.