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Friday, March 12, 2010
Rabbi Kushner: An 'Accommodation' With God
March 12, 2010 The author of When Bad Things Happen to Good People reflects on his life and his relationship with God. He says God has gotten used to the things that he's not capable of and he's come to terms with what God's not capable of.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Desmond Tutu, Insisting We Are 'Made For Goodness'
March 11, 2010 The South African cleric and human-rights activist Desmond Tutu joins Renee Montagne to reflect on his long life and his lasting message about forgiveness and reconciliation. His new book, Made for Goodness, is an explanation of his personal sense of spirituality and an invitation to share in his beliefs about the basic goodness of humanity.
Wednesday, December 30, 2009
Carl Kasell: After 30 Years, A Chance To Sleep In
December 30, 2009 Carl Kasell has delivered the news on Morning Edition since its very first broadcast. After 30 years, he's focusing on other duties at NPR. We look back at his career — as a local DJ; a game show announcer — and the magician who dared to saw Nina Totenberg in half.
Friday, December 25, 2009
Thursday, December 24, 2009
Monday, September 15, 2008
Wilbur Ross: Finding His Calling
September 15, 2008 When investor Wilbur Ross was at Yale, he took an English course that required writing 1,000 words a day. After two weeks, he ran out of things to say. The billionaire jokes that dropping it "probably saved me from a life of poverty."
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Lodi Gyari: Standing With The Dalai Lama
July 23, 2008 With the Olympics in Beijing less than a month away, the global spotlight is on China — and its treatment of Tibet. The Dalai Lama's chief negotiator, Lodi Gyari discusses the protests, the Olympics, and the best way for Tibet to push for autonomy.
Friday, February 15, 2008
Lupita Tovar, Mexico's Sultry Screen 'Sweetheart'
February 15, 2008 Lupita Tovar was just a teenager when a Hollywood scout discovered her in Mexico City. Nearly seven decades and one postage stamp later, the star of the Spanish-language version of Dracula has no regrets.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Norman Lear, from TV to Activism
February 14, 2008 Norman Lear went from producing hit TV shows like All in the Family to political activism, including efforts to get young people to vote. The 85-year-old Lear says both involve a lifelong passion.
Monday, December 31, 2007
Eartha Kitt Still Sizzling
December 31, 2007 Entertainment legend Eartha Kitt's career follows a challenging childhood that included picking cotton in her native South Carolina and joining the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe. At 80 she still enjoys performing and goes to the gym regularly, but beyond that she's a homebody.
Thursday, December 27, 2007
Greenspan Denies Responsibility for Housing Bubble
December 27, 2007 Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve, insists the housing bubble had relatively little to do with him. After guiding the economy for 19 mostly prosperous years, he now faces criticism for drastically lowering interest rates.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Brazelton: Listening to Children — and Their Parents
May 10, 2007 Dr. T. Berry Brazelton's career as a pediatrician spans six decades. His basic advice hasn't changed: Trust your baby to tell you when you're on the right track — and when you're not.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
Iacocca Says Detroit Is Living in the Past
April 26, 2007 U.S. automakers are in trouble because they haven't been paying attention to the success of hybrid vehicles and other market trends, Lee Iacocca says. He says Detroit will need a Manhattan Project-like push to shed fossil fuels.
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
Dr. Ruth on Sex, Humor and Happiness
April 24, 2007 Ruth Westheimer was over 50 when she began her career advising in a very public way — on the most private of matters. For Dr. Ruth, now 78, the key to a happy life is healthy sex. Sexuality education, as she calls it, is serious stuff, but must be taught with some humor, she says.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Hugh Hefner on a Life Less Ordinary
April 23, 2007 Before he was Hef, Hugh Marston Hefner was the son of a couple from Nebraska, growing up on Chicago's Westside, at a time when it was still prairie. Today, a reality show chronicles the lives of Hefner's three blonde live-in girlfriends.
