Oct 06 ‘The Magician’s Land’ author Lev Grossman on breaking the rules of fantasy By artsdesk Lev Grossman recently published "The Magician's Land," the third installment in his "The Magicians" trilogy. Watch this online exclusive from his conversation with senior correspondent Jeffrey Brown. Continue reading
Oct 02 Watch How a presidential candidate’s personal life changed political journalism By PBS News Hour When did the more intimate -- and sometimes sordid -- aspects of the personal lives of politicians become fair game for reporters? Matt Bai of Yahoo News says it was back in 1987, when presidential candidate Gary Hart’s extramarital dalliance… Continue watching
Oct 01 Watch Paul Ryan discusses ‘Way Forward’ on economic opportunity, future of the GOP By PBS News Hour Wisconsin Rep. Paul Ryan, the Republican vice presidential candidate in 2012, says he won’t decide about a possible presidential run until 2015. Judy Woodruff sits down with Ryan to discuss both the personal matters -- the death of his father… Continue watching
Sep 29 Watch Authors take aim at Amazon over fight with publisher Hachette By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Sep 25 Watch Are billionaires dictating American political debate? By PBS News Hour Much of the record campaign money pouring into this midterm election cycle comes from a relatively small number of donors. Darrell West, author of "Billionaires: Reflections on the Upper Crust," joins Jeffrey Brown to discuss the enormous political influence of… Continue watching
Sep 25 Billionaires’ influence on politics not just an American phenomenon By News Desk Darrell West, the vice president and director of Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank, has a new book that examines the increasing political activism of very rich donors. PBS NewsHour’s Jeffrey Brown sat down with West… Continue reading
Aug 27 Watch Misty Copeland makes a point of sharing her art with unlikely ballet fans By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Aug 27 The art of designing ‘Ulysses,’ ‘Lolita’ and ‘The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo’ By Victoria Fleischer You're not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but browsing the stacks of your local bookstore or public library, what makes you gravitate toward one one text over another? It could be the work of designers like Peter… Continue reading
Aug 20 Watch ‘Factory Man’ explores human side of how globalization affects U.S. industry By PBS News Hour For much of the 20th century, southern Virginia and North Carolina were home to the world's biggest furniture factories and suppliers. But between 1989 and 2007, seven factories closed, in part due to booming furniture-making businesses in Asia. Jeffrey Brown… Continue watching
Jul 08 Watch Why ‘Doctor Zhivago’ was dangerous By PBS News Hour When Boris Pasternak finished his novel “Dr. Zhivago” in 1956, Soviet authorities refused to publish the tale of an individual’s struggle amid the Russian Revolution. A new book, “The Zhivago Affair,” tells the story of how Pasternak’s novel came to… Continue watching