“I learned virtually nothing about mortality when I was in medical school,” Dr. Atul Gawande says. “I was terrible at knowing how to have a successful conversation with people facing terminal illness.” Gawande, author of the bestselling “Being Mortal,” is now trying to get people talking about better ways to live out the final chapter.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Charles McGrath thinks comic books or graphic novels are becoming a legitimate art form that will probably continue to evolve.
Eric Steel tells Steve Paulson that his crew filmed The Golden Gate Bridge every daylight minute for one year, and thus witnessed many suicides and even more attempts.
Christa Parravani talks about her book, "Her," a memoir about the special bond she shares with her identical twin sister.
Clay Shirky is an internet expert and author of "Here Comes Everybody." He tells Steve Paulson how wide acceptance of social networking sites has dramatically changed our expectations of the media and even the role of journalism.
Earlier this year a new show went up at the Milwaukee Art Museum, all about folk art. We stopped by to find the beauty behind folk art.
Media theorist Douglas Rushkoff talks about his new book, "Present Shock: When Everything Happens Now."
Cornel West and Tavis Smiley take on the mainstream media and the political establishment.
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