Ian Kelly performs a one-man play called “Cooking for Kings.” It tells the story of Antonin Careme, who was Napoleon’s chef.
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Prohibition gave us speakeasies, jazz clubs and bathtub gin. But a new revisionist history uncovers a more disturbing legacy: campaigns against immigrants, the War on Drugs,and the rise of America's "incarceration nation" . Historian Lisa McGirr's "War on Alcohol" traces the unintended consequences of America's experiment in collective, state-sponsored renunciation.
Part of what makes city life great is the creative people who live in - and shape - them.
Jack Abramoff. He’s hardly a murderer. But to many in the Beltline, he’s the devil incarnate.
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.
Academics are no longer just ivory tower analysts. The Defense Department has recently hired civilian anthropologists and social scientists as on-the-ground advisers to soldiers.
Steve Young talks about his book, "Everything's Coming Up Profits: The Golden Age of Industrial Musicals."
Emily Bazelon is one of the hosts of Slate's Political Gabfest podcast, which has been out since 2005. She talks with Rehman Tungekar about how the Gabfest got started, how they prepare for an episode, and why it's so popular.
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