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In 1981 the first cases of HIV/AIDS were reported by the CDC. It wasn't till 1984 that the virus was isolated and identified. Twenty four years later we are still far away from a cu... (article)
McNally Robinson is a family-owned chain of bookstores with outlets in Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Calgary…and now Soho. Throwing conventional wisdom to the wind, the new 7,000 square foot s... (episode)
For the first time since Barnes and Noble's superstores took Manhattan by storm in the mid 1990s, a big new independent bookstore is opening. The conventional wisdom says independents... (article)
Writer Thomas Frank says working class people in the heartland vote against their economic self-interest when they vote Republican, even if the GOP better reflects their values. That’... (episode)
When Americans seek to adopt a child, they increasingly turn to countries like China, Russia and Guatemala. When Canadians adopt, they have increasingly turn to the United States, and... (episode)
Moving operations from Buffalo to Bangalore can save an American company a lot of money. But is it good for anyone else? The Nation and The Economist magazines debate the perils and p... (episode)
When the bestseller "Imperial Hubris" was published earlier this year, the author was anonymous, a CIA agent who’d been following Osama bin Laden’s activities. Today Mike Scheuer’s na... (episode)
ABC’s Desperate Housewives is the smash hit of the TV season, a dramedy that casts a cynical eye on the lives of suburban homemakers. What does it say about us? (episode)
Big city political machines thrived on graft and corruption, but also created order out of the potential chaos of urban life. Christopher Ketcham joins Brian to talk about his articl... (episode)
The Federal Communications Committee is in the headlines again this week with its criticism of ABC over their “steamy” promotion for “Desperate Housewives” before Monday Night Footbal... (article)