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Best Of - Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

Gordon Lightfoot has died, at the age of 84. He spoke with the Academy of Achievement last year,...

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T.J. Stiles and David Blight: The Epic Life

These two Pulitzer Prize-winning biographers have spent their careers delving into the lives of...

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Best of - Wayne Shorter and Esperanza Spalding: Jazz Invention

Wayne Shorter was a legendary saxophonist and composer whose career began in the 1950's and...

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Best Of - Neil Sheehan and David Halberstam: Truth Seekers

Fifty years ago today (January 27, 1973), the United States' military involvement in the Vietnam...

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Best Of - Maya Angelou (Part 2): In the Spirit of Martin

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, we treat you to a re-broadcast of this episode from 2017....

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Best Of - Nora Ephron: Unstoppable Wit

Contemplating what movie to watch this holiday week? You can't go wrong with "When Harry Met...

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Best of - John Irving: A Literary Life

2022 was a big year for John Irving, the author of "The World According to Garp," "A Prayer for...

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Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind

He had a slew of international hits in the 1960's and 70's, including "If You Could Read My...

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Roger Daltrey: Rock Icon

The Who changed rock n roll, with the use of synthesizers, feedback, power chords and a wild...

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Best of - Milton Friedman: Champion of Capitalism

As Americans struggle to pay their bills in the face of inflation, policymakers and economists...

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Best of - Sonia Sotomayor: Power of Words

We celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept 15 - Oct 15) by taking a new listen to our...

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Mike Wallace and Art Buchwald: Blues Brothers

One was an aggressive, no-holds-barred television interviewer. One was a newspaper columnist, who...

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Best Of - B.B. King: King of the Blues

BB King began life as a humble Mississippi cotton farmer, and ended up one of the most...

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Best of - David McCullough, Stephen Ambrose and David Herbert Donald: Time Travelers

It is the rare writer who can make history so compelling, so alive, that people will flock to...

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Best of - Bill Russell: Giant of a Man

The most astonishing winning streak in the history of sports, belonged to the Boston Celtics....

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Best of - John Hume and David Trimble: A Vision of Peace

These two remarkable men, from opposite sides of the 30-year "Troubles" in Northern Ireland,...

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Best of - Frank McCourt: Teacher Man

No one could tell a story better than Frank McCourt. His first book, Angela's Ashes, remains one...

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Best of - Steve Jobs and Tony Fadell: Inventing the Future

Fifteen years ago, a sleek pocket-sized device was introduced that would change much about how we...

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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman: The Vaccine Revolution

The COVID-19 vaccine came out at warp speed because of the work of these two scientists.  For...

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Best of - Lauryn Hill: Family, Faith & Hip-Hop

Lauryn Hill has had an outsized impact on the world of hip-hop, soul and R&B. She entered the...

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