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Elizabeth Gilbert: "Committed" (Rebroadcast)

January 10, 2010

The story of one woman's efforts to make peace with marriage before entering its estate once more.

Elizabeth Gilbert: "Committed"

January 7, 2010

The story of one woman's efforts to make peace with marriage before entering its estate once more.

Atul Gawande: "The Checklist Manifesto"

Atul Gawande: "The Checklist Manifesto"

January 6, 2010

A surgeon and renowned medical writer looks at how a simple checklist can save lives. He says it can help doctors and nurses professionals deal with increasingly complex technology and reduce human error.

John and Doris Naisbitt: " China's Megatrends"

January 5, 2010

China may soon challenge the U-S as the sole global superpower. This year it will become the world's second largest economy. An inside look at how China is creating a new social and economic model and what it means for the West.

Wendell Berry: A conversation (Rebroadcast)

December 31, 2009

Poet, author, essayist and farmer. Wendell Berry, known as the grandfather of the slow food movement, discusses food for the body and poetry for the soul.

Julie Andrews and Emma Walton Hamilton: "Julie Andrews' Collection of Poems, Songs, and Lullabies" (Little, Brown & Co.) (Rebroadcast)

December 24, 2009

Julie Andrews and her daughter, Emma Walton Hamilton, discuss their latest literary collaboration-a collection of poetry, songs, and lullabies. The world-renowned singer and actress on poetry and music in her life.

Bruce Feiler: "America's Prophet"

December 22, 2009

A Biblical scholar tells the story of Moses and argues he had a profound influence on U.S leaders including George Washington, Martin Luther King Junior, Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama.

Joan Biskupic: "American Original" (Rebroadcast)

December 20, 2009

Justice Antonin Scalia is one of the most controversial, conservative, and most quoted Supreme Court justices in recent memory. A legal affairs reporter looks at the origins of his constitutional philosophy and his influence on the...

Joan Biskupic: "American Original"

December 17, 2009

Justice Antonin Scalia is one of the most controversial, conservative, and most quoted Supreme Court justices in recent memory. A legal affairs reporter looks at the origins of his constitutional philosophy and his influence on the...

George Packer: "Interesting Times"

December 16, 2009

New Yorker staff writer George Packer on his post-nine-eleven travels through war zones, the pitfalls of idealism and the Obama administration's challenge of moving from rhetoric to policy.

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