Feb 7th, 2010 · Birthright is the dramatic 18th-century story of the kidnapping of 12-year-old British aristocrat James Annesley, whose story inspired Robert Louis Stevenson's classic adventure tale, Kidnapped. Host Liane Hansen speaks with award-winning author A. Roger Ekirch about Birthright: The True Story that Inspired Kidnapped.
Feb 19th, 2009 · Author Jane Austen might be rolling over in her grave. A book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies promises "all-new scenes of bone-crunching zombie action." And there's the film: Pride and Predator. The New York Times says it will "Juxtapose brooding aristocrats with a brutal alien that lands in 1800s-era Britain, attacking residents and leaving them with neither sense nor sensibility."
Oct 1st, 2008 · In his new book, Wall Street: America's Dream Palace, Steve Fraser focuses on the lotus of the financial world, paying attention to four of its archtypal characters — the aristocrat, the confidence man, the hero and the immoralist.
Sep 16th, 2008 · Saul Dibb's lavishly pretty historical romance, about an 18th century aristocrat with a penchant for politics and politicians, gets beyond the gilded surfaces to show the constrictions — and the pains they caused.
May 17th, 2006 · An American who spent 20 years in the United Kingdom posing as a British aristocrat, has been identified as a Florida scam artist. Madeleine Brand offers listeners the latest on the man once known as the Earl of Buckingham.
Aug 12th, 2005 · Comedian and actor Bob Saget talks about the new documentary The Aristocrats. The film features Saget and 100 other comics discussing and retelling one famous dirty joke that has been handed down in comedy circles since the vaudeville days.
Jul 28th, 2005 · The Aristocrats, a documentary by magician/comic Penn Gillette and comedian Paul Provenza, follows the genesis of "the filthiest joke ever told." The real joke is, it's not a joke -- the "humor" comes in how the joke is told, and the dirtier the better.
Feb 26th, 2005 · Manuel Barrueco has been called an "aristocrat of the guitar" with "uncommon lyrical gifts." This summer, the Cuban-born musician takes his talents on the road with the Cuarteto Lationamericano.