James Bradley is the son of John Bradley, one of the six G.I.’s who raised the flag at Iwo Jima. Bradley tells Jim Fleming about the battle, and why his father would never discuss his combat experiences.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Ian Kelly performs a one-man play called “Cooking for Kings.” It tells the story of Antonin Careme, who was Napoleon’s chef.
James McNair is a judge of the Sutter Home Winery Build A Better Burger Contest. He tells Anne Strainchamps how to grill a burger and recalls some of his favorite winners.
When Robin Chase started the rideshare company Zipcar in 1999, she had no idea whether or not the idea would take off. While the idea of sharing a common car might have been a novel idea back then, these days it's the new normal, thanks in part to the so-called sharing economy. Robin says the business model behind companies like Uber and Airbnb is here to stay, and will upend traditional industrial capitalism.
While "Blurred Lines" is the latest pop song to be accused of plagiarizing another, it's certainly not the only one. In fact, some of most iconic songs of the last half-century have been accused of being copies. Here's a small sampling, along with their purported originals.
Film critic Jake Horsley talks with Steve Paulson about the legitimate uses of violence in movies. He thinks it can be cathartic.
Historian Ian Buruma tells Jim Fleming that economically China seems to be in better shape than Russia, but its situation is far more precarious in the long run.
Einstein hated the idea. He called it "spooky action at a distance." But experiments have confirmed the bizarre property of quantum entanglement, where two particles on opposite sides of the universe can almost magically respond to each other. Journalist George Musser says we've barely begun to grasp the truly radical nature of non-locality.
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