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[2011-01-13 12:00:00] How does a leader unite a divided country when political rancor is business as usual? We'll examine of the most po...

[2011-01-13 13:00:00] What would you pay to keep your favorite pet forever? We'll explore the possible future world of pet cloning this ...

[2011-01-12 13:00:00] How are those New Years resolutions coming? We'll discuss why it's so hard for us to resist overeating, drinki...

[2011-01-11 13:00:00] How were scientific study and the Church related at the turn of the first millennium? We'll spend this hour with s...

[2011-01-06 13:00:00] Almost seven decades later, tales of Nazi atrocities and personal experiences of the Holocaust are still coming to lig...

[2011-01-05 13:00:00] From the archives: We all know the adage about necessity being the mother of invention, but are there ways to increase...

[2011-01-04 13:00:00] How did the United States transform itself from a largely agrarian economy to a powerhouse on the world stage and how ...

[2011-01-03 12:00:00] How are verbal and visual images imbedded in politics and both literal and figurative war-fighting? We'll talk thi...

[2010-12-16 12:00:00] How did family jealousy culminate in the assassination of one of America's greatest presidents? We'll find out...

[2010-12-21 12:00:00] Will Interstate 69, the actual "NAFTA Highway" ever be constructed? We'll examine the issue this hour wi...

Syndicated description: [2010-12-20 13:00:00] From the archives: How is language changing and what do we lose when a language disappears for...

[2010-12-16 12:00:00] How did family jealousy culminate in the assassination of one of America's greatest presidents? We'll find out...

[2010-12-14 13:00:00] Is the English language losing ground globally? Our guest this hour thinks so. We'll speak with Nicholas Ostler, c...

[2010-12-13 12:00:00] Who actually owns the internet and all the information that flows freely on the world-wide-web? We'll explore iss...

[2010-12-06 13:00:00] How is the increasing average age of the world's population affecting society and ultimately altering our lives? W...

[2010-12-02 13:00:00] Though he's been out of office for almost a decade, people still wonder what makes Bill Clinton tick. We'll ex...

[2010-12-02 12:00:00] Why hasn't the U.S. achieved the same kind of universal health care that other industrialized nations instituted l...

[2010-12-01 13:00:00] How do top performers train themselves to succeed under extreme pressure and what can the rest of us learn from them? ...

[2010-12-01 12:00:00] What made Texas the national leader and template for criminal incarceration? We'll talk this hour with Robert Perk...

[2010-11-29 13:00:00] What was one early 20th Century athlete's influence on sports, culture and African American hopes for racial equal...