Mohamed Nasheed is on a mission to save his country. The Maldives is one of the nations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change; some models predict that the Maldives could be underwater in a few decades.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Penelope Fitzgerald is considered one of the great British novelists of the last half-century. Remarkably, she didn't begin writing until she was nearly 60 - and that's partly what attracted biographer Hermione Lee.
Rebecca A. Demarest brings us this story of flight in a remote island community.
Erik Prince was the founder and CEO of Blackwater, the controversial private military contractor. He's also been called a soldier for hire and a mercenary.
John Balaban performed alternative service in Vietnam during the war there. While helping children injured in the fighting, he grew to love the traditional sung poetry of rural Vietnam.
Marc Abrahams, founder of the Ig-Nobel Prizes, says who this years winners are and that the purpose of the awards is to make people laugh, and then think.
Dr. Maden Kataria founded Laughter Clubs International – groups of people who meet to laugh aloud together.
Paule Marshall tells Steve Paulson about the neighborhood both she and her cousin were born into, recalls Brooklyn's glorious past as a hotbed of jazz, and explains why so many African-American artists chose to live in France.
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