You can trace the history of the 1960's through its iconic music festivals: Newport '65, Monterey '67, Denver '69, Woodstock, and Altamont. Historian Craig Werner was there and says those festivals changed a lot more than American music.
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Jennifer Jacquet explains how public shaming can be used to promote political change and social reform.
What are you making? In San Francisco, two radio producers are collecting stories in a project called “The Making Of...”
The demographics of the United States are changing: how does the latest wave of immigration fit into the historical pattern?
Rosanne Cash is the daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash, but she's forged her own very successful career in music.
There’s been a pandemic or a nuclear war. Most of humanity is wiped out. Armed vigilantes steal your stuff and eat your family. The good news is, you can survive all this! If you have “the Knowledge.”
Studs Terkel has come out with a new book at the age of 93. It's a collection of interviews with some of his favorite musicians.
Zorba Paster is a practicing Buddhist and one of the Dalai Lama's personal physicians. He talks with Anne Strianchamps about medicine and compassion.
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