National Security
The President's Remarks On The Future Of National Security
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Coming Up Thursday, May 23: In hour one, special coverage of President Obama's foreign policy address. In hour two, increasing tension in the South China Sea, and lessons from childhood notes. Find out more on Facebook around noon the day of the show.
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The Picture Show
'Sign Painters': A Close-Up Focus On An Endangered Art
April 30, 2013 Before the age of computers and vinyl printers, sign painters worked by hand to illustrate storefronts, billboards and banners. Sign Painters, a new book and documentary by Faythe Levine and Sam Macon, captures the work of artists around the country who are keeping the art alive.
Arts & Life
The Prickly Process Of Changing Your Name
April 10, 2013 Names are possessions that we carry with us all our lives. But we seldom think about what goes into choosing the right one. At 24, Silas Hansen decided to change his birth name — Lindsay — as he told his family and friends that he's transgender.
Performing Arts
Catching Up With The World's Youngest Female Cannonball
March 28, 2013 Elliana Grace Hentoff-Killian grew up in the circus. She mastered her first circus act at 6, when she learned the Spanish web — an aerial act performed on a rope. Now, at 20, she is currently the world's youngest female human cannonball and is touring with Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey.
Environment
The Abnormally Normal Science Of Sinkholes
March 21, 2013 When a Florida man vanished into a massive sinkhole that opened underneath his home in February, the case garnered national attention. But geologists say sinkholes occur regularly without much notice.
