Oct 20th, 2008 · When Jim Masters and his wife Lisa were arrested in 2006 for marijuana cultivation, the police confiscated 39 marijuana plants. The Colorado case was dismissed a year later but the couple's pot plants had all died. Now they want the police department to reimburse them for the cost of the plants: $200,000.
Aug 22nd, 2008 · Actress LisaRaye has released photos to Essence magazine of what she says is domestic abuse. Plus, there's going to be a whole lot of Hollywood in Denver next week. For more, Farai Chideya speaks with Newsweek magazine's national correspondent Allison Samuels.
Apr 30th, 2008 · Basketball star and Olympic gold medalist Lisa Leslie took time off to have a baby. Now, she's got a revealing new book that takes us from her childhood to the present day. She talks with Farai Chideya about her new memoir, which delves into her personal triumphs on and off the court.
Jan 6th, 2008 · Leonardo da Vinci is known for the "Mona Lisa" and other art masterpieces. But the Renaissance man also invented fluid dynamics and, perhaps, the scientific method. Fritjof Capra writes about Leonardo's investigations of the natural world in his new book.
Oct 5th, 2007 · Blair Gimma at times sounds like early Liz Phair, with whom she shares a meandering singing style and a lyrical bluntness that sounds at once suggestive and wounded. On "Mona Lisa," she addresses the way ambivalence can masquerade as indifference.
Feb 24th, 2007 · A close look at the oil industry highlights issues of politics, environment and even cultural violence. Lisa Margonelli talks about her new book Oil on the Brain: Adventures from the Pump to the Pipeline.
Jul 6th, 2006 · Produced by Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon), Lisa Cerbone's beautifully delicate CD Ordinary Days channels Simon and Garfunkel, Neil Young, and Low.
Jun 11th, 2006 · Lisa Bertagnoli's book Scarlett Rules uses a classic heroine's resourcefulness as a model for modern women. She draws 24 life lessons from the adventures of Scarlett O'Hara of Gone with the Wind fame.