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How was modern Western culture shaped by classical mythology and are the myths we learned in school still relevant today?

Can everyday circumstance influence or even determine how we think, behave, and respond to each other?

How did General Stanley McChrystal lose his job running the U.S. war in Afghanistan and what are our military leaders really doing behind the closed doors of power?

Did one man shape U.S. policy in Iraq and entice our country into a disastrous war of intervention?

With thousands dead in the country’s drug war, Mexico is going through seriously tough times. But why is the country facing these challenges and what should the U.S. be doing to help its southern neighbor?

What do the first hints of the Higgs boson, which were announced last month at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider, mean for the study of physics?

Hour 1:           Is there any practical way to mitigate the influence of money on American politics? We’ll talk this hour with Lawrence Lessig, director of the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University and author of the new …

How did Portugal manage to survive World War II virtually unscathed and what was the wartime climate like in its capital city?

What’s the best way to approach health care and end-of-life decisions for loved ones?

Can consumerism restore the economy and ultimately save the world?