In this final segment, we take a left turn to punk.
Richard Hell co-founded the band Television in the mid-70s. He also created a look and sound that would eventually be called “punk.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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"Ghostwalk" is an intellectual thriller set partly in Isaac Newton's time and concerning his interest in alchemy.
Marita Golden tells Jim Fleming about the pernicious influence of “colorism” within the Black community.
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.
Linda Lear tells Jim Fleming that the creator of Peter Rabbit could have been a scientist.
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.
Can meditating for 10 days change your life? It has for dozens of inmates at a maximum security prison in Alabama who signed up for a grueling, intensive course of Vapassana meditation. Jenny Phillips tells the story in her documentary film "The Dhamma Brothers."
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