Mar 8th, 2010 · Melissa Febos graduated from college with straight A's and a prestigious internship. She also led a secret life as a dominatrix. Her new memoir, Whip Smart, details her time working in a sex dungeon in midtown Manhattan. She describes what it was like to work at the upscale S&M house for four years.
Feb 7th, 2010 · The prestigious British medical journal Lancet took a rare step this week: It retracted a 1998 paper that sparked a firestorm about potential links between vaccines and autism. That paper has been a bane to Dr. Paul Offit, co-inventor of the rotavirus vaccine and chief of infectious diseases at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. Offit tells host Guy Raz why he thinks the paper was a disaster for parents seeking answers about autism.
Jan 23rd, 2010 · The 25-year-old won the prestigious Cardiff Singer of the World Competition in 2007. When American soprano Renee Fleming heard him perform in Shanghai, she was floored — so she encouraged him to go to Juilliard in New York. This past year, Shenyang made his debut with the Metropolitan Opera, and he'll soon appear in La Boheme.
Dec 12th, 2009 · It's likely that Eboo Patel is a name you haven't heard before. He teaches young people to appreciate religious diversity and pass it on. He's the founder of the Chicago-based Interfaith Youth Core and one of President Obama's advisers on faith. His work just landed him the prestigious Louisville Grawemeyer Award.
Oct 13th, 2009 · Last year, the prodigious saxophonist took home the prestigious Guggenheim and MacArthur fellowships. He's used the opportunities to investigate his Puerto Rican musical roots; his new album is a methodical but natural-feeling synthesis of folkloric plena and mainland modern jazz. Hear Esta Plena in its entirety for the week preceding its Oct. 20 physical release.
Oct 9th, 2009 · President Obama has won the 2009 Nobel Peace prize for international diplomacy efforts. He is the third sitting U.S. president to win the prestigious prize, though he's been in office for less than a year. Is it an award for the goals he's laid out? Is it ironic considering he inherited two wars?
Oct 8th, 2009 · The literary award season is under way, with the Nobel Prize for Literature being awarded Thursday. The Nobel, considered by many to be the most prestigious prize, carries with it a hefty monetary award — last year's winner got more than a million dollars. But it has the potential to bring a lot more money — through book sales.
Oct 6th, 2009 · "Wolf Hall," A tale of political intrigue set during the reign of King Henry VIII, won the prestigious Man Booker prize for fiction.