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On today's show: The former editor-in-chief of Time magazine defends his decision to reveal the anonymous sources of the Valerie Plame story. Then, a new documentary depicts the life of the only American known to be living in North Korea today. Also, Julie Delpy describes her new romantic comedy set in Paris. And today's Please Explain is all about hair.
On the Record
As editor-in-chief of Time magazine, Norman Pearlstine made headlines when he revealed the anonymous sources of the Valerie Plame story. He'll explain why he did it, and why he would do it again.
In May, Leonard spoke with Matthew Cooper about his court battles during the Valerie Plame CIA leak ...
Crossing the Line
In 1962, an American soldier named James Joseph Dresnok defected from his post in South Korea and began a new life in the communist North. He went on to become the star of Kim Jong Il's propaganda films, and now he's allowed filmmaker Daniel Gordon to document his life as ...
2 Days in Paris
In Richard Linklater's romantic classic Before Sunrise, Julie Delpy played a French woman falling in love with an American stranger over one night in Vienna. Now she's written, directed, and starred in a new comedy about a French woman falling out of love with her American boyfriend over 2 Days ...
Please Explain: Hair
Find out why we have hair, if blondes have more fun, how shampoo and conditioner actually work, and more when Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology Dr. Michele Hanjani and anthropologist Dr. Peter Frost give us the long and short of hair, from head to toe.
Call us live on the ...
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