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Rebroadcast — Paul Coates was a black nationalist, a publisher, a Vietnam Vet, and a man who had seven children by four women. He r ...

(Rebroadcast) In her book, “The Score: How the Quest for Sex has Shaped the Modern Man,” science writer Faye Flam explores ho ...

One of the challenges Barack Obama faces tonight is explaining who he is to voters who say they don’t understand him. And, will his ...

(Rebroadcast) In the 1860s Richard Gatling invented the machine gun believing it would shorten the duration of war of even eliminate war ...

Hillary and Bill Clinton will have addressed the convention. We talk about what Barack Obama must do to appeal to Hillary Clinton’s ...

(Rebroadcast) Writer ANDRE DUBUS III’s novel is “The Garden of Last Days.” It follows the lives of four people over the ...

The world’s smallest snake has been identified on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Penn State University evolutionary biologist BL ...

(Rebroadcast) MANIL SURI talks about his second novel, “The Age of Shiva.” It tells the story of Meera, a woman living in Bom ...

Lowering the Drinking Age. The Amethyst Initiative, led by former Middlebury College president, JOHN MCCARDELL, urges a “dispassion ...

(Rebroadcast) JAMES McBRIDE’s novel, “Song Yet Sung,” is the story of an escaped female runaway slave in 1850 and her p ...

With the completion of the 2008 Beijing we ask if the games meet the expectations of NBC, the Chinese government and the athletes. Our gu ...

(Rebroadcast) According to journalist ROBERT SCHLESINGER, during his presidency, Herbert Hoover made an average of eight public appearanc ...

Democratic Convention Preview. The DNC descends on Denver, CO Monday, August 25th. We’ll talk with JOHN NICHOLS, Washington Corresp ...

The name of the game this week is “veepstakes.” With all eyes focused on the candidates’ choices for a running mate, we ...

The resignation of Pakistan’s president Pervez Musharraf creates significant uncertainty — not only in that country but also ...