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Today, Don Quixote is regarded as one of the most important novels ever written. But when it debuted 400 years ago, Miguel Cervantes’ book was deemed…

In a new documentary for the PBS series American Experience, filmmaker Ric Burns tells the tale of a small group of extreme people whom history and myth…

How far do you go to honor the Golden Rule, to “do unto others”? Chances are you don’t go nearly as far as the people profiled in journalist Larissa…

Scott Sampson grew up outdoors: family camping trips … exploring the forest near his home. He says it’s part of the reason he’s a paleontologist and…

Many people have suggested that books are a sort of passport to another world, and as the writer Neil Gaiman reminds us, "it's much cheaper to buy…

Saturday, Doug sat down with Edward Snowden, the former NSA contractor who leaked highly classified documents, setting off an intense debate about privacy…

In 1819, the whaleship Essex set sail from Nantucket Island on a voyage to the South Pacific. The ship and its 20 crewmates were in the middle of the…

In the fall of 1843, Charles Dickens was in something of a mid-life crisis. His marriage was troubled, his career tottering, his finances on the verge of…

Monday, we're rebroadcasting our conversation with the National Parks. No, we’re not talking about Zion, Arches, and Bryce Canyon. The National Parks are…

“Two roads diverged in a yellow wood . . .” Those are the first words to Robert Frost's poem "The Road Not Taken." One hundred years after their…