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Helen Benedict on "The Lonely Soldier"

Helen Benedict tells Anne Strainchamps the shocking truth about the heavy toll sexual harassment and abuse take on our female warriors.

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George Packer on "The Assassin's Gate"

George Packer talks about why he thinks America has a commitment to Iraq.

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Getting Inside the Mind of Patty Hearst

Jeffrey Toobin talks about how he got inside the mind of Patty Hearst in order to try to figure out whether she was brainwashed by the Symbionese Liberation Army during her 1974 kidnapping or if she joined their cause of her own free will.

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Guy Maddin on "My Winnipeg"

Guy Maddin's latest film is a "docu-fantasia" about his hometown. It's called "My Winnipeg." TTBOOK producer Doug Gordon lived for many years in Winnipeg, so he talked with Guy Maddin and prepared this report on Maddin's award-winning film.

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Hollywood's "Urban" Voice Problem

Before and since Keith Powell's breakthrough role on as Toofer on the sitcom "30 Rock," he has been forced to confront Hollywood's problem with black male voices. In this interview, he tells us how he works within an industry that desperately needs more diverse voices but doesn't truly want them.

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Gary Wolkstein on a False Diagnosis

Gary Wolkstein's doctor told him he had terminal cancer, but after being challenged by some of Wolkstein’s physician friends, changes his mind.

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Gordon Grice on the Praying Mantis

Gordon Grice is an English professor and a life-long insect hobbyist.  He tells Steve Palson about the praying mantis.

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Harvey Kaye on "Thomas Paine and the Promise of America"

Harvey Kaye talks with Steve Paulson about visionary founding father Thomas Paine.

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