Journalist and documentary film-maker Jack Newfield considers boxing his guilty pleasure. He tells Steve Paulson that given fairly matched opponents, boxing reveals courage and character.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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James Yee was the Muslim chaplain at Guantanamo Bay prison until he was falsely accused of treason and imprisoned without trial.
Garrison Keillor, host of A Prairie Home Companion, recalls his coming of age in his novel, “Lake Woebegon: Summer of 1956.”
Gretchen Reynolds talks with Jim Fleming about the theories concerning running and the body.
The guy who cuts in line at the coffee shop – people, usually men, who take advantage of others because they have a heightened sense of entitlement that they feel gives them a free pass. You and I have a word for these people. But is that really what you want to call the President of the United States?
Geoffrey Colvin says that great performance is within the grasp of anyone who's willing to put in the right kind of practice.
Glenn Kurtz was a child prodigy of sorts and headed for a big concert career as a classical guitarist. But it didn't happen. Now he's playing again but for the joy of it.
Harriet Brown had a smart, happy daughter who was stricken in adolescence by anorexia.
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