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The most successful independent film in American history isn't My Big Fat Greek Wedding, or The Brothers McMullen, it's Halloween, the 1978 Jamie Lee Curtis flick that spawned four se... (episode)
The mania for school standards has spawned a whole array of new tests of children's intellectual, emotional, and mathematical capabilities. But a Yale researcher now says we've missed... (episode)
Growing up on the island of Guadeloupe, the photos of black Americans that novelist Maryse Conde saw in magazines became her image of success. Now a resident of New York, her works ex... (episode)
What distinguishes libertarian candidate for governor Scott Jeffrey from all the other candidates out there who want to relax marijuana laws? He doesn't want the state to raise money ... (episode)
Love, friendship, and satisfaction can't be bought, but entertainment, home furnishings, and medical care can. Rob Grader, author of The Cheap Bastard's Guide To New York City explain... (episode)
He's a successful United States Senator and recording artist today, but Orrin Hatch grew up in a poor neighborhood of Pittsburgh with no running water. Long before he defended Clarenc... (episode)
In addition to the daunting task of promoting human rights in a country struggling to rebuild, Sima Samar, head of Afghanistan's Human Rights Commission, must combat an Afghan chief j... (episode)
Former US Senator Bob Kerrey of Nebraska has supported an invasion of Iraq since the beginnings of the debate. He was the principle author of the Iraq Liberation Act, signed by Presid... (episode)
Did you know?--When WNYC was founded in 1924, its record collection was so meagre it often borrowed LPs from the music stores along Park Row...Until soundproof windows were procured t... (episode)
Tavis Smiley joins Brian Lehrer to discuss his new book, Keeping The Faith, his collection of remembrances of, and tribute to, Black America. Smiley, the host of NPR's The Tavis Smile... (episode)