Patrick Hennessey tells Jim Fleming about his war service in Iraq and Afghanistan and the role that books played in his life as a soldier.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jason Robillard is a barefoot ultramarathon runner and founder of Barefoot Running University.
Rachel Boynton's film, "Our Brand is Crisis" follows the efforts of an American political consulting firm which became involved in the Bolivian presidential election.
Martha Ackmann is the author of “The Mercury 13: The Untold Story of Thirteen American Women and the Dream of Space Flight.” Ackman says that in 1960, female astronaut trainees were expected to fly in full make-up, Chanel suits and high heels.
The State Department used jazz musicians as a weapon in the cold war to win hearts and minds in the Third World. Louis Armstrong, Dizy Gillespie, Duke Ellington and Dave Brubek were among the so-called "jazz ambassadors."
Jeremy Spear made a documentary film called “Fastpitch” about the world of professional fastpitch softball.
Jimmy Palmieri talks with Anne Strainchamps about living with intractable pain. Palmieri describes his life and explains how he became a chef in spite of his illness.
Redmond O’Hanlon is travel writer who’s braved the Congo, Borneo and the Amazon. This time around, he tries his luck on a trawler in the icy Atlantic in dangerous waters.
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