Oscar Robertson is one of the all-time great basketball players. He talks with Steve Paulson about his constant struggle against racism during his playing years.
Oscar Robertson is one of the all-time great basketball players. He talks with Steve Paulson about his constant struggle against racism during his playing years.
Raja Shehadeh is a Palestinian lawyer who's written a memoir called "Strangers in the House: Coming of Age in Occupied Palestine."
Milwaukee computer programmer Mohan Embar describes competing for -- and winning -- the 2012 Loebner Prize for Artificial Intelligence. His chat bot, Chip Vivant, was the most "human computer" of the year. But it still couldn't pass the Turing Test.
Paul Greenberg tells Jim Fleming that Russians get under the skin of Americans, who often make promises they can’t fulfill to the Russians’ expectations.
Taking pictures of war is complicated. The late philosopher Susan Sontag thought a lot about the moral implications of taking and looking at photos of human conflict. She wrote a classic book on the subject, called “Regarding the Pain of Others.” We're revisiting our interview with her, about how to see and think about photography.
Oliver Sacks talks with Jim Fleming about the awesome power of music to enrich lives of patients with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders.
Matt Haimovitz tells Steve Paulson why he plays music that goes so far beyond the standard repertoire, and why he plays it in bars and coffeehouses as well as concert halls.
An alliance between Ralph Nader and Ron Paul? It may sound surprising, but they've found common ground. Nader explains how the Left and Right can come together on key issues.