Now I've Heard Everything

Her personal experience in Mississippi during Freedom Summer 1964 inspired well known actress Denise Nicholas to write a novel.

In this 2005 interview she talks about her book.
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What is it like spending your days traveling the US, finding little restaurants in out of the way places?

That was the life led by Jane and Michael Stern for 4 decades. In this 2006 interview they discuss their joint memoir Two For The Road.
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Are you a liberal? You may be, and not even realize it.

In this 2004 interview, which still sounds so very timely and relevant, former Llabor Secretary Robert Reich defends liberalism and liberal Concepts.
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Rosa Parks's existence didn't begin or end that day in December 1955 when she refused to give up her seat on a bus.

In this 2005 interview poet Nikki Giovanni talks about her book that offers a different perspective on Rosa Parks.
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One of the most influential American musicians of the 20th century was a man who often needed nothing more than a banjo and a strong voice to entertain an audience.

Pete Seeger was a towering figure in American music as a performer and songwriter -- and political activist.

In this 1993 interview, Pete Seeger discusses his career, his music, and how he helped shape one of the most famous civil rights anthems.
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Have you ever heard the phrase “hiding in plain sight”?

An Austrian Jewish woman named Edith Hahn survived the Holocaust by passing herself off as Christian using a friend's identity papers. She ended up marrying a Nazi officer, even after he found out she was Jewish.

In this 1999 interview Edith Hahn Beer talks about her memoir The Nazi Officer's Wife.

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American politics has become a minefield of "gotcha ”. The media do it to politicians, politicians do it to each other, even the media do it to each other.

And it's eroding our entire system, says the man who was once a participant.

In this 2006 interview, Lanny Davis talks about his book Scandal.

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Are men necessary?

We're not asking the question, merely repeating the title of the 2005 book by the renowned New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd.

In this 2005 interview Dowd explains what she meant,,,

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If you're in business, entrepreneur or as the head of a major corporation, which comes first, business success, or happiness?

Actually, happiness has to come first if you want the success to follow, says successful and happy businessman and billionaire sports mogul Ted Leonsis, in this 2010 interview.

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