Power Mixer

Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Garry Wills discusses the role the atomic bomb played in strengthening the American presidency. Then, Mary Gordon, who often found herself at odds with those who call themselves Christians, tells us some of the surprising things she discovered in rereading the Gospels. Also, Dorothy Cann Hamilton and chef Tom Colicchio explain how to prepare for, and find, careers in the culinary world. And we’ll learn about John S. Service, the U.S. Foreign Service officer who predicted the rise of Mao in China before and eventually became one of Senator Joseph McCarthy's targets.