Ian Baker describes his eight separate trips to find the hidden waterfall at the end of the Tsangpo Gorge. It's the legendary gateway to Shangri-La.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Yee was the Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay prison until he was falsely accused of treason and imprisoned without trial.
For much of her early life, rock critic Jessica Hopper was an ardent fan of punk rock. But despite her passion, she never felt like she quite fit in. That began to change once she started seeing female fronted bands performing onstage. She says the experience convinced her that there was a place for her in music. The discovery set her on a quest to uncover the countless other ways women are excluded from music, which she writes about in her book, "The First Collection of Criticism By A Living Female Rock Critic." She spoke to producer Craig Eley about the various forms of sexism she encountered in her decades-long career as a music journalist.
James Hood recalls what it was like to be among the first Black teenagers to attend the University of Alabama during the administration of George Wallace.
Ingrid Betancourt was abducted by Marxist rebels and held captive in the jungle for 6 years. She tells the story of her ordeal in a book called "Even Silence Has an End."
Academics are no longer just ivory tower analysts. The Defense Department has recently hired civilian anthropologists and social scientists as on-the-ground advisers to soldiers.
S. Alexander Reed gives us a crash course on what may be the ultimate protest music -- industrial music.
Jack Abramoff. He’s hardly a murderer. But to many in the Beltline, he’s the devil incarnate.
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