Aug 10th, 2005 · Madeleine Brand talks to Bob Moon of Marketplace about news that mortgage rates have reached a four-month high. The rise in rates is driving down applications for home mortgages, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association, and economists are seeing home sales and construction edging off their peaks.
Jul 27th, 2005 · Commentator Craig Childs began scaling mountain peaks in the Rockies as a child, and his enthusiasm has not subsided. He describes the exhilaration of reaching mountaintops and compares the feeling of defying gravity to that of flight.
Jun 15th, 2005 · An increasing number of Jews are returning to Russia from Israel -- a trend that reverses a wave of immigration that peaked just after the fall of the Soviet Union.
May 14th, 2005 · It's climbing season in the Himalayas, where every year climbers take great risks to scale the world's highest peaks. But for six Tibetan teenagers who attempted to reach the summit of Lapka Rhi last year, conditions were especially challenging. They're blind.
May 5th, 2005 · Alex Chadwick talks with high-altitude mountain climber Ed Viesturs about his attempt to climb all 14 of the world's highest mountains without the aid of supplemental oxygen.