“Charles Hillinger’s America is not the crisis-ridden, argumentative, highly politicized country that we read about on the front pages. It’s much more neighborly. . . it’s much truer to our real lives, too. If some historian of the future wants to know what we Americans were like in the second... More...

California Characters is a collection of stories about unusual individuals profiled by Hillinger. Characters like Down the Road Dugan, Sweetwater Clyde, Dr. Tinkerpaw, Spaceship Ruthie, and Warmly Ormly will delight, amuse, and perhaps inspire the listener with their tales and reasons why... More...

Once more personally selected by Alistair Cooke these middle years in America bring reports on the black revolution and ’60s counter culture as well as fascinating memories. More...

Bob Woodward examines how the Bush administration avoided telling the truth about Iraq to the public, to the Congress, and often to themselves. More...