Sep 28th, 2008 · Past fortified doors and beyond tourists' eyes, researchers are digging deep in the cellars of Monticello. It turns out the nation's third president may also have been America's first wine connoisseur.
Sep 8th, 2008 · Thomas Friedman is a man bent on revolution. In his new book, Hot Flat and Crowded, the three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist writes about the need for a green revolution — and calls upon Americans to lead the charge.
Aug 18th, 2008 · Documentarian Rory Kennedy, who's won acclaim and awards for her documentaries American Hollow and The Ghosts of Abu Ghraib, turns her lens on legendary White House correspondent Helen Thomas. David Bianculli has a review.
Aug 14th, 2008 · Music critic David Was is all smiles over After The Rain, the new CD by veteran R&B singer Irma Thomas. It features duets with an all-star roster of piano players including Dr. John, Ellis Marsalis and Norah Jones.
Aug 14th, 2008 · As part of the Washington Press Corps, Helen Thomas has spent 60 years asking presidents tough questions. Rory Kennedy talks about her documentary, which chronicles the journalist's career.
Aug 12th, 2008 · Listening to Quasthoff's deep bass baritone, you'd have no idea you were hearing the voice of a concert singer who stands at just 4'3". "No one expects such a mighty voice to issue from my diminutive frame," Quasthoff writes in his new memoir.
Aug 4th, 2008 · Why is it that government has expanded under an administration that claims to be against big government? Social critic Thomas Frank poses this question in his new book, The Wrecking Crew.
Jul 9th, 2008 · Author of new-wave sci-fi — and the much-loved children's story The Brave Little Toaster — took his life last week. Fresh Air remembers the novelist, poet and critic.