Now I've Heard Everything

The Secret Daughter of Elvis Presley

08 Nov 2023

Contributed by Lukas

In the early 1980s a young woman named Desiree sat her mother down and asked her to finally tell her about her real father. The story that Luc y de Ba...

Bobby Knight’s Story of Success and Controversy

06 Nov 2023

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For years, one of the most dominant men's college basketball teams was the Indiana Hoosiers, coached by the legendary Bobby knight. In this 2002 inte...

Author Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' Insights

03 Nov 2023

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Author Stephenie Meyer's 'Twilight' Insights In this 2007 interview Stephenie Meyer talks aboiut the third book in the Twilight series, Eclipse And ...

Why 'South Beach Diet' Dr. Arthur Agatston Is Concerned

01 Nov 2023

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Why 'South Beach Diet' Dr. Arthur Agatston Is Concerned Millions have adopted the South Beach Diet since it first appeared 20 years ago. Butt in this...

Ghosts, Zombies, and Vampires -- Why We Love 'Em

30 Oct 2023

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Ghosts, Zombies, and Vampires -- Why We Love 'Em What is it about the thrill of fear that we enjoy? In this 1991 interview Prof. Walter Kendrick expl...

Peggielene Bartels: The Woman Who Became A King

27 Oct 2023

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In 2008 when Peggielene Bartel'ss uncle passed away, she was notified that she had been chosen as the new king of the town of Otuam in her native Ghan...

How We Misunderstand And Undervalue The Human Breast

25 Oct 2023

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October is, of course, Breast Cancer Awareness month. But a book that was written several years ago reminds us of how little we actually know about th...

Red Auerbach Reveals Secrets of Building a Celtics Dynasty

22 Oct 2023

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Perhaps no one in modern North American sports history was as successful at building a dynasty as the legendary Red Auerbach. A brilliant strategist ...

Ariel Sharon And The Burden of Leadership

20 Oct 2023

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Ariel Sharon And The Burden of Leadership Israel and Hamas are at war. It's the latest chapter in a long history of cconflict and struggle for the Jew...

From the White House to the Teenage House: Liz Carpenter’s Unplanned Parenthood

18 Oct 2023

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From the White House to the Teenage House: Liz Carpenter’s Unplanned Parenthood When her brother died in 1993, his three unruly teenagers came to li...

Leslie Nielsen: The Doctor of Comedy Who Made "Airplane!" Fly

16 Oct 2023

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Leslie Nielsen: The Doctor of Comedy Who Made "Airplane!" Fly “Airplane” literally changed the entire course of Leslie Nielsen's career, propellin...

Sister Souljah's Tale of Urban Life

13 Oct 2023

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Sister Souljah's Tale of Urban Life From her earliest days growing up in New York City and later in New Jersey, Sister Souljah was an activist. Surrou...

From Drummer to Author: Jacob Slichter's Rock & Roll Journey

11 Oct 2023

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From Drummer to Author: Jacob Slichter's Rock & Roll Journey If you really want to know what it's like to be a rock star, just ask one. But you are no...

Richard Dawkins on Evolution, Creationism, and the Blind Watchmaker

09 Oct 2023

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Were Adam and Eve real? In this 1988 interview, renowned evolutionary biologist and author Richard Dawkins discusses evolution, creationism, and the c...

Sidney Sheldon's Secrets to Writing Page-Turning Novels

06 Oct 2023

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Sidney Sheldon's Secrets to Writing Page-Turning Novels On just about any list of the best selling novelists of all time you'll find the name Sidney S...

Kathleen Willey's Accusations Against the Clintons

04 Oct 2023

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A Bill CLinton Accuser's Story Kathleen Willey was a White House volunteer in the Clinton administration in its first year, 1993. And it was in Novemb...

The USS Cole Attack: Commander Kirk Lippold's Perspective

02 Oct 2023

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The USS Cole Attack: Commander Kirk Lippold's Perspective It didn't start with September 11th. Almost a year before al Qaeda terrorists flew planes i...

Wilma Mankiller: A Cherokee Chief's Journey and Legacy

29 Sep 2023

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Wilma Mankiller: A Cherokee Chief's Journey and Legacy Wilma Mankiller's journey into leadership in the Cherokee nation was not planned. She started a...

Derek Taylor: Behind the Beatles' Legacy

27 Sep 2023

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Derek Taylor: Behind the Beatles' Legacy Derek Taylor was a working journalist when he met the Beatles, literally in te right place at the rright time...

From Jed Clampett to Abraham Lincoln: The Extraordinary Journey of Buddy Ebsen

25 Sep 2023

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From Jed Clampett to Abraham Lincoln: The Extraordinary Journey of Buddy Ebsen Buddy Ebsen, best known for his iconic role as Jed Clampett in"The Beve...

Rosalynn Carter

22 Sep 2023

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Help for the caregiver, from a former First Lady Both Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter devoted themselves to volunteer activities after leaving the White Hou...

Ed Nixon

20 Sep 2023

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Richard Nixon's youngest brother When Edward Nixon was born in 1931, his older brother Richard was already 17. And Ed, along with middle son Don, look...

Maureen Reagan

18 Sep 2023

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A conversation with Ronald Reagan;s eldest daughter Born in 1941, Maureen Reagan was the eldest child of Ronald Reagan and his first wife, actress Jan...

Hume Cronyn

15 Sep 2023

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A veteran actor's keys to success Canadian-born actor Hume Cronyn had a decades-long career in the theater, movies, television and radio. Not to menti...

Suze Orman

13 Sep 2023

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The Laws of Money Are there laws that rule what happens to our money? In this 2003 interview longtime personal finance expert Suze Orman warns of the ...

Dean Murphy

11 Sep 2023

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The harrowing eyewitness accounts of the 9/11 attack, In the immediate aftermath of the September 11th attack New York Times reporter Dean Murphy want...

Janet Evanovich

08 Sep 2023

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The bestselling author of a popular mystery series Millions of readers around the world have enjoyed a series of novels about a fictional amateur boun...

Conrad Dobler

06 Sep 2023

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They called him 'dirty.' And he agreed. During his ten seaons in the NFL, with the Cardinals, Saints, and Bills, offensive guard Conrad Dobler's oppon...

Alvin Toffler

04 Sep 2023

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A look back at our future One of the most successful, and influential, futurists of our time was Alvin Toffler. is 1970 book Future Shock, and his 198...

Jorge Ramos

01 Sep 2023

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The man dubbed the "Walter Cronkite of Latino Americans" Jorge Ramos has anchored the news on Univision since 1987. But as he explains in this 2002 in...

Dan Ariely

30 Aug 2023

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Can you lie, cheat, and steal and still be a good person? Behavioral economist Dan Ariely says we all do it. Thing is, we almost all do it just a lit...

Darlene Love

28 Aug 2023

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A star's bumpy road to success. Darlene Love was one of the most popular and most in-demand backup singers of the 1960s, working with some of the bigg...

P.J. O'Rourke

25 Aug 2023

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What separates a "good" ecionomy from a "bad" one? There is a reason that even economists call their profession "the dismal science/" But in the hands...

Dawn Steel

23 Aug 2023

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The movie studio exec who lived up to her name Flashdance,Top Gun, and Fatal Attraction were just a few of those made under the supervision of studio ...

David Frost

21 Aug 2023

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David Frost's Nixon interviews remembered British TV host David Frost may be best remembered for his 1977 series of interviews with former President R...

Bob Edwards

18 Aug 2023

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A radio host's unique friendship with a fellow broadcast legend For a dozen years the pioneering radio sports broadcaster Red Barber called in every F...

Dorothy Height

16 Aug 2023

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The black family food traditions A decades-long tradition continues this summer, with the 35th annual Black Family Reunion this month. The event was s...

Cathy Wilkerson

14 Aug 2023

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A '60s radical's views on the revolution One of those caught up in this maelstrom of the turbulent '60s was the young Cathy Wilkerson. She joined the ...

Salman Rushdie

11 Aug 2023

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The heavy price of an unpopular book. Author Salman Rushdie's 1988 novelThe Satanic Verses, that earned him not accolades, but I death sentence, prono...

Tracy Austin

09 Aug 2023

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Pro tennis great Tracy Austin, in her own words. Tracy Austin won the US Open women's singles title in 1979 at age 16, making her the youngest ever to...

Paul Robeson Jr

07 Aug 2023

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Rethinking race, ethnicity, and ulture. Paul Robeson Jr was the grandson of a slave, and son of a prominent and controversial African American actor, ...

Betsy Borns

04 Aug 2023

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What life as a standup comic is like In the late 1980s, just a few years into the start of the stand up explosion, a young writer producer named Bets...

John Danforth

02 Aug 2023

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Recalling Clarnce Thomas's "high-tech lynching" In 1991 then-Senaor John Danforth of Missouri helped shepherd Clarence Thomas's Supreme Court nominati...

Lynn Redgrave

31 Jul 2023

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The struggles of the Georgy Girl star. Lynn Redgrave was born into a prominent show business family in 1943, so it was perhaps her destiny to become a...

Ruth Handler

30 Jul 2023

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The Barbie doll's real-life mom as the co-founder of Mattel Toys Ruth Handler was the key figure in bringing Barbie to market. She told her story, and...

Cyndy Garvey

28 Jul 2023

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The tumultuous life of an All-Star ex-wfe. Steve Garvey, the charismatic All-Star first baseman for the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1970s and '80s. But...

Thomas Keneally

26 Jul 2023

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A conversation with the author of Schindler's List. Asuralian author Thomas Keneally has written dozens of books in his career, spanning from the 1960...

Helen Gurley Brown

24 Jul 2023

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Don;t waste your life on growing old. Helen Gurley Brown built her reputation from the 1960s on the idea of being youthful and sexy and vibrant. But i...

Tony Bennett

21 Jul 2023

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A conversation with the legendary Tony Bennett. The world lost a music treasure today, July 21, with the passing of 96-year-old Tony Bennett. He was a...

David Morehouse

21 Jul 2023

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Confessions of a psychic warrior. A former Army intelligence officer named David Morehouse wrote a book about his experience as what he called a “ps...

Phyllis Schlafly

19 Jul 2023

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The housewife who defeated the ERA. In the 1970s Phyllis Schlafly launched an anti-feminist crusade that would make her a household name -- lauded by ...

Richard Adler

17 Jul 2023

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The Broadway wunderking with a lotta heart. In the mid-1950s no one on Broadway was hotter than the team of Adler and Ross. Composer Richard Adler an...

Roz Chast

14 Jul 2023

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The cartoonist and the funnyman. Roz Chast has been a fixture among New Yorker cartoonists for many years. In 2007. She collaborated with comedian Ste...

Alan Shepard

12 Jul 2023

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The inside story of America's moon ,mission. Alan Shepard was one of the original Mercury 7 astronauts. A few years later, Shepard became the oldest m...

Paul Dickson

10 Jul 2023

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The unique slanguage of baseball. Writer Paul Dickson spent several years researching the special slang of baseball, and how many of those words event...

Martha Stewart

07 Jul 2023

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America's entertaining guru. For more than 40 years, Stuart has been dispensing advice on cooking and decorating and entertaining guests. Best-selling...

Andrew Grove

05 Jul 2023

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The immigrant who came to the U.S. and transform the world. His name was Andrew Grove. He fled the Hungarian revolution in 1956 to come to the US. In...

Simon Winchester

03 Jul 2023

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Exokirersm Ubvebtirs, and Innovators Journalist. Simon Winchester was British by birth, but became an American, and was fascinated by things that most...

Lillian Vernon

30 Jun 2023

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From housewife to household name. As a 24-year-old housewife in 1951, Lillian Vernon started as small mail order business from her kitchen table, to b...

CeCe winans

28 Jun 2023

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The greatest gospel artist of all time. CeCe Winans made her mark early on, as a member of the Wimans Family singing group. While still a teenager, sh...

Buffalo Bob Smith

26 Jun 2023

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Hey kids, what time is it? Long before Sesame Street, Mister Rogers, or even Captain Kangaroo, there was Howdy Doody. Its creator was a young radio br...

E Lynn Harris

23 Jun 2023

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Happy Pride! A vintage conversation today with a major figure inLGBTQ lierature. E. Lynn Harris quit his job as a computer salesman in 1990 to begin a...

James O'Keefe

21 Jun 2023

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The architect of a controversial conservative organization. Project Veritas was started by then-26-year-old James O'Keefe in 2010. His secretly re...

Louise Meriwether

19 Jun 2023

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Happy Juneteenth. In 1994, historian and writer Louise Meriwether wrote a novel based on the true story of one slave's sourage and ingenuity in t...

Tim Russert

16 Jun 2023

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A popular TV personality's Fathers Day card to his dad. Tim Russert hosted NBC's Meet The Press for 17 years, but never forgot where he came f...

Omarosa

14 Jun 2023

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She heard Trump's "you're fired" twice. Omarosa was one of the contestants on Season 1 of "The Apprentice," the reality sh...

Myrlie Evers Williams

12 Jun 2023

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Medgar Evers's widow carries on the fight. 60 years ago tonight a white supremacist and KKK leader gun down a civil rights leader named Medgar Eve...

Frank Buttino

09 Jun 2023

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His courage helped end homophobic FBI hiring. During a 20-year FBI career, Frank Buttino became one of the agency's most trusted agents. But he ha...

Candace Bushnell

07 Jun 2023

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"Sex And The City" is 25. It was this week in 1998 that HBO viewers were introduced to Carrie Bradshaw and her friends, in the series Sex A...

Rafer Johnson

05 Jun 2023

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The Olympic champion who was an eyewitness to an American tragedy. Rafer Johnson won the gold medal in the decathlon at the 1960 Olympic games. He lat...

Pat Schroeder

02 Jun 2023

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An iconic Congresswoman's memoir. Pat Schroeder wa the first woman elected to Congress fromColorado, in 1972. She served 24 years in the House, be...

Ron McLarty

31 May 2023

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The plot twist that turned an actor into a novelist. Ron McLarty had a decades-long successful career as a character actor, on Broadway and on televis...

Laura Palmer

29 May 2023

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The lasting impact of the Vietnam war in America. Former Vietnam war correspondent. Laura Palmer was so moved by memorabilia that family members and f...

Aron Ralston

26 May 2023

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He saved his life by cutting off his own arm. Aron Ralston was an experienced rock climber in 2003, when a bizarre accident left him literally trapped...

Roy Hazelwood

24 May 2023

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How an FBI profiler profiles. The FBI today routinely profiles sexual predators. One of their first sex crimes profilers was Roy Hazelwood. In this 19...

Eartha Kitt

22 May 2023

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Beyond Catwoman and Santa Baby. During a career that spanned more than six decades, Eartha Kitt established herself as a premier singer, actress, eve...

Linda Fairstein

19 May 2023

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The real life prosecutor who inspired a hit TV series. Linda Fairstein helped establish the first sex crimes unit in the Manhattan district attorney&#...

Stephen Kuusisto

17 May 2023

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What is your world like, when you can't see your world? Poet and professor Stephen Kuusisto was born blind 68 years ago. Today he is a leading adv...

Gerry Spence

15 May 2023

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A defense attorney's take on the trial of the century. Attorney Gerry Spence practice law for six decades, and as a prosecutor and defense attorne...

Amy Tan

12 May 2023

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Stories inspired by her mother made her a best-selling author. Amy Tan's 1989 novel The Joy Luck Club was based largely on the wisdom her mother ...

Tamilee Webb

10 May 2023

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She has the Buns of Steel. Since the 1990s Tamilee Webb has been one of America's most prominent and most popular fitness experts. In this 1995 ...

Douglas Fairbanks Jr

08 May 2023

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A silent movie star speaks out. Douglas Fairbanks Jr made his movie debut 100 years ago this month, in a silent movie called Stephen Steps out. Even ...

Andrew Morton

05 May 2023

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Behind the closed doors of Buckingham Palace. Since 1981, British journalist and author Andrew Morton has been covering the royal family. Tomorrow, Ma...

Joseph Barbera

01 May 2023

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Yabba dabba doo! True stories from the Flintstones. Animator- director Joseph Barbera was half of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon team, which created some o...

Helen Prejean

28 Apr 2023

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Dead Man Walking made her, and her cause, famous. Roman Catholic Sister Helen Prejean started her prison ministry in 1981. In 1993 she published her ...

Margaret Hoover

26 Apr 2023

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Why can't the GOP attract young voters? Margaret Hoover was born into a political family, but didn't get into political activism herself unti...

David Morrell

24 Apr 2023

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Wait, what? Rambo was named for a...? Today is author David Morrell's 80th birthday. He is best known for creating the Rambo character with his 1...

Jimmy Buffett

21 Apr 2023

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Come look for your lost shaker of salt with Jimmy Buffett. His 1977 song “Margaritaville” is a pop music icon, and established Buffett's caree...

Christine Craft

19 Apr 2023

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They said she was too old and ugly.l She sued. In 1981. Christine Craft was working as a television news anchor for a station in Kansas City, Missour...

Mignon Fogarty

17 Apr 2023

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what impression are you making when you put words on a page? Since 2006 Mignon Fogarty -- known to fans of her podcast as Grammar Girl -- has been gui...

Peter Arnett

14 Apr 2023

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Tthe war correspondent who has dodged a lifetime of bullets. Peter Arnett became a major television personality during the Persian Gulf war in 1991, ...

Pete Slosberg

12 Apr 2023

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The beer that redefined American beer. Not many entrepreneurs are able to turn a hobby into a multi-million dollar business, but one who did it was a ...

Peter Bogdanovich

10 Apr 2023

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Profiles of a Hollywood All-Star team. Peter Bogdanovich did a little bit of everything in Hollywood. He was a writer, an actor, a film historian, a d...

Glenn Levant

07 Apr 2023

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Did you D.A.R.E. to stay away from drugs? Former LAPD Deputy Chief Glenn Levant was one of the dounders of tue Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A...

Temple Grandin

05 Apr 2023

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Why do animals think and behave and react in the ways they do? Animal behaviorist Temple Grandin has spent a lifetime finding answers. And for her, th...

Jim Valvano

03 Apr 2023

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As UConn and San Diego State battle it out tonight for the NCAA men's basketball title, today we are revisiting an interview I did a few years ago...

Brigitte Weeks

31 Mar 2023

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About 100 years ago, an advertising executive had an idea. A book club, that would send members new books every month. If that sounds like a familiar...

Joe Garagiola

29 Mar 2023

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Tomorrow is Major League baseball's opening day, the first day of the 2023 season. On the first day of a 162 game schedule, every team is in first...

Ina Garten

27 Mar 2023

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Do you ever watch the Food Network? If so, you know who Ina Garten is. But long before she became the channel's most popular host, Garten worked i...

Louie Anderson

24 Mar 2023

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Today, March 24th 2023, would have been comedian Louie Anderson's 70th birthday. I first met Louie in 1989, when he published a book of letters to...