Pete Seeger
Pete Seeger: An Appeal to JFK March 3, 1961

  "Mr. John F. Kennedy   The White House   Washington, D.C.       Dear Mr. President: I take the liberty of writing you as a fellow classmate of Harvard 1940, and as the man I voted for last November. I am a musician, a singer of folk songs, … Continue reading

Whitney Houston
Aretha Franklin: “She was one of the better singers, if not the best”

Singer Aretha Franklin reflects on the relationship she had with Whitney Houston from their first meeting when she was a child to their musical collaboration in 1989 and discusses the ups and downs of Houston's success throughout her life. Continue reading

World War II
Author Robert Edsel talks about the WWII monuments men

Robert Edsel, author of the book, "The Monuments Men," speaks with the president of the National World War II Museum about the obstacles that veterans during the second world war went through to protect important cultural artifacts from destruction by the Nazis. Continue reading