Stuart Isacoff takes us back to 1958 to relive Van Cliburn’s stunning victory at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.
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Remembering World War I
One hundred years ago this spring, Congress voted to declare war on Germany, thrusting the nation into World War I, and this hour we’ll talk about some of the highlights.
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The Peoples Temple
Jeff Guinn joins us to talk about how Jim Jones, a charismatic cult leader from Indiana, controlled his followers – and delivered them to their deaths.
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The Great War
Stephen Ives joins us to talk about how World War I vaulted the U.S. into a world power – and about the individual soldiers, nurses, aviators and others who paved the way to victory.
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The Journey Of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Helene Cooper joins us to talk about the extraordinary life of the first democratically elected female president in African history.
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The Life Of Simon Wiesenthal
Tom Dugan joins us to talk about the life of Simon Wiesenthal, who brought more than a thousand Nazi war criminals to justice.
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Remembering Sandy Hook
Kim Snyder joins us to talk about the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting and how it changed the lives of the parents, siblings and teachers of the people who were killed.
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War Crimes
Allan Ryan joins us to talk about how war crime investigations work – and about how some of the most notorious war criminals of the last century were eventually brought to justice.
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The Hunt For The Lost Franklin Expedition
Paul Watson joins us to talk about how marine science mixed with Inuit folklore led to the discovery of the Franklin Expedition wreckage.
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The Life Of Louis Kahn
Wendy Lesser joins us to talk about Louis Kahn’s life and work, which she writes about in “You Say to Brick: The Life of Louis Kahn.”
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History’s Greatest Buildings
James Crawford joins us to talk about how the Tower of Babel, the Library of Alexandria and other important buildings were used and abused.
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Chasing Portraits
Elizabeth Rynecki joins us to talk about the difficult task of rebuilding her great-grandfather’s collection of paintings that was lost after he was ushered off to the ghetto during World War II.
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