Have you had culture shock? Did it hit when you were travelling or when you were at home?
Ralph Stanley is one of the founding fathers of bluegrass or old-time mountain music. He talks with Steve Paulson about his family, his music and his concern with death, and we hear lots of his music.
Len Fisher talks with Anne Strainchamps about "swarm intelligence" and how it differs from "group think."
Margaret Atwood says it's a mistake to think about debt as simply a matter of money. Debt is embedded in our psyche and rife in our literary and religious history.
M.J. Ryan wants to revive the custom of saying grace before meals. She tells Jim Fleming how she became a collector of mealtime blessings.
Psychologist Michael Thompson consults with school systems about how to communicate with boys.
Ricardo Pitts-Wiley contributed to an essay by Henry Jenkins called "Multiculturalism, Appropriation, and the New Media Literacies: Remixing Moby Dick."
This week we mourn the death of Gabriel Garcia Marquez. Here's his English translator, Edith Grossman.
