Jan 23rd, 2010 · Picture a bleak, post-apocalyptic American wasteland where nearly all of humanity has been wiped out save for a solitary, dust-covered man, carrying a sword and a mysterious book. It's the first movie in nearly nine years for directors Albert and Allen Hughes, who also directed such films as Menace II Society and Dead Presidents. Guest host Audie Cornish speaks with the duo about their new movie, The Book of Eli.
Jan 20th, 2010 · Queen Victoria's enduring partnership with Prince Albert is one of British history's great love stories. In We Two, Gillian Gill describes Victoria and Albert's tempestuous yet successful marriage, and the real story behind the powerful couple whom she describes as rulers, partners and rivals.
Sep 28th, 2009 · Prosecutors say Silvonus Shannon, Eugene Riley and Eric Carson beat 16-year-old Derrion Albert to death by striking him with long planks of wood and stomping him in the head. They say Albert was "merely a bystander" as two groups of students from different neighborhoods fought.
May 29th, 2009 · Without the telescope, astronomers would be blind to many marvels of the universe. But how did the device come to be? Science historian Albert van Helden explains how a Dutch spectacle-maker's invention made its way to Galileo, enabling him to spot Jupiter's moons.
Oct 15th, 2008 · The Strokes' rhythm guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. joins host David Dye for a Lillywhite Session recorded at Avatar Studios in New York City. Here, his band performs four songs from his second album, Como Te Llama?
May 21st, 2008 · In the 1960s, the renegade saxophonist took children's songs, march melodies and gospel hymns and made them into powerful free improvisations. Now, he's being embraced by a generation of rock fans — and explored in a recent documentary.
Dec 13th, 2007 · Maybe on the theory that any publicity is good publicity, the Journal of the American Bar Association has chosen Albert Gonzales as its "Lawyer of the Year." The journal emphasized the former attorney general was not the best lawyer. But Gonzales did make the most news in 2007.
Jul 28th, 2007 · Dr. Albert Ellis was sometimes called the Lenny Bruce of psychotherapy: He was funny, profane and controversial. His theories on cognitive therapy, first presented in the mid-1950s, challenged the thinking of Sigmund Freud. By the time he died this week at age 93, Ellis had become considered by many to be as influential as Freud.