After the success of her 1991 book, "Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women", Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Susan Faludi has written "Stiffed: The Betrayal of the American Man", which paints a sympathetic portrait of embattled modern men.

(Originally aired October 1999)

In his book "Gay Marriage", Jonathan Rauch posits that gay marriage reinforces the institution of marriage and all people should be allowed to participate in it. (Originally aired May 2004).

In her book "A Short Guide To A Happy Life", Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Anna Quindlen gives us her take on domestic and political life, from graduating university to living through the new Bush administration. (Originally aired January 2001)

Global affairs expert Janice Stein is the editor of "Diplomacy in the Digital Age", a collaboration of essays inspired by former Ambassador to the United States, Allan Gotlieb, who believed the art of diplomacy had to change to adapt to the digital age. In this conversation, Stein addresses WikiLeaks, which she believes could not have happened before 9/11; Stephen Harper's more muscular foreign policy, trade with the U.S. and Canada's poor reputation for safeguarding the environment.

Danielle Crittenden is the author of "What Our Mothers Didn't Tell Us". She believes that the present generation of young women may be the victims of their mothers' generation of feminism. Although these women have great freedom, they still feel trapped and unhappy. The message they inherited was that career is all and marriage and family should be postponed. She explains why this advice has backfired. (Originally aired March 1999)

Ron Graham is the author of "The Last Act", which is an account of Trudeau's struggle to make Canadians fully independent and to entrench the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

After the huge success of "The Wealthy Barber", Dave Chilton has written a follow-up; "The Wealthy Barber Returns". He dispenses financial advice for this economy, and addresses the subjects of personal debt and the importance of saving.

John English is the author of "Citizen of the World: The Life of Pierre Elliott Trudeau". The book reveals intimate details about the former prime minister's personal life, from his time in psychoanalysis to his relationships with women. (Originally aired January 2007)

Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer and historian Doris Kearns Goodwin talks about her new book "Wait Till Next Year". It is a poignant memoir about growing up in New York in the 1950s and her passion for baseball, specifically the Brooklyn Dodgers, which she inherited from her father. She believes the 50s were the glory days of baseball and she tells a charming anecdote about getting the autograph of her hero, Jackie Robinson. (Originally aired January 1998)

Psychology professor Lt. Col. Dave Grossman talks about his new book "On Killing: The Psychological Cost of Learning to Kill in War and Society". He maintains that it is inherent in us to resist killing our own species and that research has proven that many soldiers engaged in face-to-face combat found it difficult to kill. Soldiers can be trained however, to overcome that resistance. Some veterans are still plagued with guilt about taking another man's life, but this guilt can be eased if they are assured that what they did was right. Addressing the rise in civilian murders, he believes that part of the reason is that children are becoming desensitized to violence because they are associating the bombardment of graphic images by the media with pleasure. (Originally aired March 1996).