Maria Teresa Meloni is a Florentine portrait painter. Given her first set of oils at age seven, she began imitating what she saw in the Uffizi and the Academia, particularly images of the Madonna and Child. An exhibit in Milan at Palazzo Visconti in 2004 received such critical acclaim that Meloni is book...

Guest host Brian Lehrer talks with Noam Chomsky, an MIT linguist and political analyst about his book "Failed States: The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy".

A conversation with authors Bernard-Henri Levy & Umberto Eco.

The first in a week-long series: China Today, a report from Beijing. Charlie interviews leaders in business and politics about China's economy, politics and culture. The series begins with He Ya-Fei, Assistant Minister of Foreign Affairs.

A conversation with Husain Haqqani, Pakistani Ambassador to the U.S. & Farahnaz Ispahani, Member of Pakistani National Assembly.

Beverly Sills succumbed to cancer on July 2, 2007 at the age of 78. During her operatic career, Sills recorded eighteen full-length operas. She also starred in eight opera productions televised on PBS and participated in such specials as A Look-in at the Met with Danny Kaye in 1975, Sills and Burnett at th...

A discussion about politics after the Iowa Caucuses with David Brooks of The New York Times, Paul Begala of CNN, Lylah Holmes of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism and Adam Nagourney of The New York Times.

A conversation with the former mayor of New York City Rudolph Giuliani about his Presidential campaign.

A conversation with Austan Goolsbee, Senator Obama's economic adviser

A conversation with Bob Nardelli, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Chrysler