Because living conditions on death row have been likened to torture, ten percent of those sentenced to die in the US have petitioned the government to kill them. Documentary filmmaker Gianna Toboni tells us why the courts often refuse.
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In Blood on the Badge former NY Times editor Michael Cannell tells the story of two decorated homicide cops who were hit men for the Lucchese crime family.
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In Death is Our Business journalist John Lechner unmasks Russia’s mercenary army and tells the story of Yevgeny Prigozhin, the caterer who sought to bring down Vladimir Putin.
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From “The Long Island Express” of 1938 to “The Perfect Storm” of 1991 and beyond, Don Wilding describes the catastrophic weather events that have leveled the Cape.
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The story of fathers and sons living in different universes takes on a whole new meaning when your dad is the world’s most beloved alien.
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In the ultimate sound bite, vertebrate zoologist Bill Schutt from the American Museum of Natural History runs down the 500 million year history of teeth in thirty minutes.
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Musicologist Elijah Wald uncovers the direct link between the backstreet blues and gangsta rap in songs that were so sexually explicit they were erased from history.
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NPR Foreign correspondent Eric Weiner went searching for a historical ‘mentor’ and found the most eccentric role model in American history.
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Food sociologist and forgiving vegan Nina Guilbeault totally understands our aversion to totally plant-based diets but knows we’ll get there eventually.
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