Non-Fiction

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Eric Felten: "Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue"

Eric Felten: "Loyalty: The Vexing Virtue"

April 28, 2011

Loyalty is considered by some to be essential to a live well lived. While the time-honored virtue provides the bonds of love, friendship, and community, it can also be plagued with complications and conflicts. A look at why the path to fidelity -- despite its rewards -- is sometimes littered with moral land mines.

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James Stewart: "Tangled Webs"

April 26, 2011

What Martha Stewart, Bernie Madoff, Barry Bonds and I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby have in common. An exploration of perjury and false statements.

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Garrett Graff: "The Threat Matrix"

April 25, 2011

Since the 9/11 attacks, the FBI has undergone a radical transformation. Under the leadership of Robert Mueller, the bureau has become a worldwide anti-crime and anti-terrorism network with more than 13,000 agents serving in nearly 80...

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President Obama's First Two Years in Office

President Obama's First Two Years in Office

April 21, 2011

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, he vowed to change the way Washington worked. He came into office ready to overhaul America's health care system, deal with climate change, and pass immigration reform. While he has enjoyed some major achievements, he has also faced unprecedented political, financial, and foreign policy challenges. Diane and her guests talk about the first two years of the Obama presidency.

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Caitlin Kelly: "Malled"

April 19, 2011

Life on the other side of the cash register: A journalist describes what she learned about the world of American retail after getting laid off from her newspaper job and joining the ranks of low-wage workers selling over-priced goods in a mall.

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Deval Patrick: "A Reason to Believe"

April 14, 2011

Deval Patrick, the first African-American governor of Massachusetts, talks with Diane about his unlikely path to politics, and what he calls his campaign against cynicism.

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Diane Ackerman: "One Hundred Names for Love"

Diane Ackerman: "One Hundred Names for Love"

April 13, 2011

Writer Diane Ackerman's husband was a novelist, a poet and a lover of language before he suffered a massive stroke. It left him able to utter only a single syllable. The story of how his wife helped him rediscover language and how their love changed.

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Rachel Lloyd: "Girls Like Us"

Rachel Lloyd: "Girls Like Us"

April 7, 2011

British-born Rachel Lloyd found herself spiraling into a life of torment and abuse. She ended up a victim of commercial sexual exploitation, until she broke free of the street and her pimp thanks to the help of a local church. She talks with Diane about developing non-profit programs to help girls and young women who have experienced sexual exploitation and domestic traficking.

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Senator Bernie Sanders: "The Speech"

March 31, 2011

On December 10, 2010, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders walked on to the floor of the United States Senate and made a speech lasting over eight hours. In it, he blasted the agreement that President Obama struck with Republicans which extended tax cuts for the very rich. But the speech also attacked corporate greed and what he sees as the decline of the American middle class. Senator Sanders joins Diane to discuss his speech and its call to action.

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Dean Faulkner Wells: "Every Day by the Sun"

Dean Faulkner Wells: "Every Day by the Sun"

March 30, 2011

William Faulkner received a Nobel Prize for Literature for his unique contribution to the modern American novel. The niece he helped raise offers an intimate portrait of her uncle and the Faulkners of Mississippi.

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