Humorist Roy Blount Junior talks about some of his favorite rambles in New Orleans, with observations on oysters, New Orleans characters and the city’s history.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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In 2008, Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout and photographer Nigel Brennan were kidnapped in Somalia, by Islamist insurgents. They were held hostage for 460 days. Escape became the focus of their being.
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The demographics of the United States are changing: how does the latest wave of immigration fit into the historical pattern?
Tom Szaky tells Jim Fleming how his company turns candy wrappers and juice bottles into pencil cases and backpacks.
Steve Paulson prepared this report on Saint Francis of Assisi and his continuing influence in the modern world.
Stephen Marglin is a professor of economics at Harvard and the author of "The Dismal Science: How Thinking Like an Economist Undermines Community."
Susan Corso is the author of “God’s Dictionary: Divine Definitions for Everyday Enlightenment.” She tells Jim Fleming about spiritual etymology and how she interprets the root meanings of words to come up with her definitions.
Ziauddin Sardar responds to the question "is there really a clash of civilizations?"
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