We tend not to talk about death much in North America. Maybe we just don’t have the words to contain something so visceral. Maybe images are a better way to explore or express our mortality, and our feelings about it.
When it comes to loyalty, dogs win. Now, new evidence suggests dogs and early humans formed an alliance 36,000 years ago. Together, they drove Neanderthals to extinction, then invaded and conquered the rest of the planet.
Daniyal Mueenuddin divides his time between the United States and Pakistan...
Earl Scruggs talks with Steve Paulson about his long history in blue grass and country music.
Photographer David Plowden talks about why he loves bridges and why it was important to preserve them on film.
Elizabeth Samet teaches literature to future Army officers at West Point. She tells Jim Fleming why her class reads Wilfred Owen and Homer, and what lessons they draw from the poetry.
Anthropologist Cynthia Mahmood is among the few Westerners who’s actually spent time talking with Islamic terrorists on their turf.
Award-winning radio producer David Freudberg talks with Anne Strainchamps about what narratives mean to people and how to construct a narrative.
