In May of 2014, while covering the war in Syria, Anthony Loyd and photographer Jack Hill, both working for The Times of London, were kidnapped by Syrian rebels. Loyd was severely beaten and shot twice. Both were eventually able to escape to Turkey.
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John J. Miller grew up on rock and roll and decided to compile a list of the 50 best conservative rock songs.
Louis Colaianni thinks anyone can be taught to speak Shakespeare. He gives Anne Strainchamps a lesson using the introduction to “Romeo and Juliet.”
The authors of “Persepolis” and “Jimmy Corrigan: The Smartest Kid on Earth” speak together at the Wisconsin Book Festival 2006.
Mike Hoyt is Executive Editor of the Columbia Journalism Review. He encouraged his staff to question embedded reporters about the embed system and the war.
Jason Cohen (with Steve Okazaki) made the wrenching documentary “Black Tar Heroin.” The film follows the lives of five young heroin addicts in San Francisco.
Some of the country's leading neuro-biologists are collaborating with Buddhist monks in an effort to understand the effects of meditation on the mind and the brain.
We made some particular choices about the music in hour four. Here's a note from Charles about the thinking that went into the score, and a Spotify playlist to explore.
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