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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Stuart Isacoff takes us back to 1958 to relive Van Cliburn’s stunning victory at the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition in Moscow.
Read moreOne 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.
Read moreJeff Guinn joins us to talk about how Jim Jones, a charismatic cult leader from Indiana, controlled his followers – and delivered them to their deaths.
Read moreStephen 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.
Read moreHelene Cooper joins us to talk about the extraordinary life of the first democratically elected female president in African history.
Read moreTom Dugan joins us to talk about the life of Simon Wiesenthal, who brought more than a thousand Nazi war criminals to justice.
Read moreKim 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.
Read moreAllan 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.
Read morePaul Watson joins us to talk about how marine science mixed with Inuit folklore led to the discovery of the Franklin Expedition wreckage.
Read moreWendy 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.”
Read moreJames Crawford joins us to talk about how the Tower of Babel, the Library of Alexandria and other important buildings were used and abused.
Read moreElizabeth 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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