Piri Thomas is best known for his classic memoir “Down These Mean Streets.” Now in his mid-70's, Thomas is still active as an educator and activist with juvenile offenders.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Comedian Lewis Black is an angry man. He talks with Jim Fleming about the fine line between playing angry and being angry.
This is a poem by Susan Avishai about a single elderly woman who lived next door for more than 25 years.She wrote it just a few months before her neighbor passed away.
Mark Katz tells Jim Fleming what a presidential joke writer does, how his team managed to get through the Lewinsky affair and what taught Bill Clinton the value of self-deprecating humor.
Oliver Sacks talks with Jim Fleming about the awesome power of music to enrich lives of patients with Parkinson’s Disease and other neurological disorders.
Lynne Cox is a long distance swimmer who specializes in the impossible. She tells Steve Paulson how she trained, and how she’s able to do survive in such cold water.
An alliance between Ralph Nader and Ron Paul? It may sound surprising, but they've found common ground. Nader explains how the Left and Right can come together on key issues.
Katherine Ramsland set out to track down a ghost and chronicles her adventures in search of the paranormal in her book “Ghost: Investigating the Other Side.”
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