Anne Strainchamps

Chef describes last meals for death row

Texas recently ended last meals for death row inmates -- in this interview, a chef talks about how he has prepared last meals for some 200 inmates on Death Row in Texas prisons.

Chef describes last meals for death row

Audio: rare interview with Wikileaks' Julian Assange

Audio: rare interview with Wikileaks' Julian Assange

Veterans Day stories

Veterans Day stories

Wizard Rock

Wizard Rock

The Wonders of Physics

The Wonders of Physics

From suburbia to surreal -- the lives of writers

An exploration of the ordinary and extraordinary lives of writers John Cheever, Elizabeth Strout, Marilynne Robinson, Donald Barthelme and others.

From suburbia to surreal -- the lives of writers

Genre Busters

The fight over genre fiction -- genre busters like Michael Chabon, Richard Price and others talk about the writings that transcend genres.

Genre Busters

Lust for life lists

There is no shortage of life-list books being published; we explore our obsession with these life-lists with some of their authors.

Lust for life lists

Magical thinking

"The Chronicles of Narnia," Dungeons and Dragons, the secret behind "The Secret" and other alternative realities.

Magical thinking

Musical taste

A music writer tries to get in touch with his inner Celine Dion fan -- what the experience taught him about musical taste.

Musical taste

Einstein, God and the Universe

Einstein once said 'science without religion is lame, religion without science is blind' -- a look at the science-religion debate.

Einstein, God and the Universe

Facing the rest of your life

Stories of people who have chosen to face the rest of their lives in some unusual ways -- that somehow worked out just right.

Facing the rest of your life

Apocalyptic fiction

Stories about the end of the world and what happens after that, with authors Kevin Brokmeier, Lydia Millet and Scott Westerfeld.

Apocalyptic fiction

The things people do for faith

The strange things that happen when people take their beliefs literally -- sometimes it works out, sometimes it's a mistake.

The things people do for faith

Getting religion

Improving your religious literacy, Lupe Fiasco grapples with Islam, why Judas was misunderstood and other stories.

Getting religion