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In 'Talking To Strangers,' Malcolm Gladwell Explores Why It's So Hard To Do

The latest book by the author of Outliers and The Tipping Point looks at miscommunication throughout history — and finds it's really hard to know whom to believe.

This cube of uranium metal came from a reactor that was built by the Nazis during World War II. Hundreds of others like it are now missing.

Have You Seen Any Nazi Uranium? These Researchers Want To Know

When a small cube of uranium metal turned up in Tim Koeth's life, it launched an epic search for a lost piece of nuclear history.

Mike Signer, mayor of Charlottesville at the time, checks his phone while waiting to speak days after Heather Heyer was killed during the Unite the Right rally in 2017. These days Signer travels the country presenting his city's experience as a cautionary tale.

Former Charlottesville Mayor Shares Painful Lessons From Fight Against Hate

In 2017, Mike Signer faced a small-town leader's nightmare: a racist rally that spiraled out of control and ended in bloodshed. Two years later, Signer is on a mission of education — and atonement.

San Diego Padres starting pitcher Dinelson Lamet, second from right, is greeted in the dugout after finishing the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2019, in Seattle. Lamet had a no-hitter broken up during the inning by Mariners' Omar Narvaez, who singled.

Lamet Takes No-No Bid To 7th Inning As Padres Beat Mariners, 9-4

The San Diego Padres fell short of history and their first no-hitter — again. What they learned about starter Dinelson Lamet might just make up for it.

Rancho La Puerta owner Deborah Szekely, 97, at her San Diego home says she still lectures at her health spa, June 12, 2019.

Health Spa Pioneer Recalls Her Early Years

Nearly 80 years ago, as World War II raged, immigration rules and a keen interest in health motivated Deborah and Edmond Szekely to get into the wellness business.

The Bank of England's new 50-pound note will feature mathematician Alan Turing, honoring the code-breaker who helped lay the foundation for computer science.

Alan Turing, Computing Genius And WWII Hero, To Be On U.K.'s New 50-Pound Note

For decades, Turing's status as a giant in mathematics was largely unknown, thanks to the secrecy around his computer research and the social taboos about his sexuality.

'Delayed Rays Of A Star' Sheds Light On 3 Film Legends

Amanda Lee Koe's new novel was inspired by a famous photograph — Anna May Wong, Marlene Dietrich and the notorious actress and director Leni Riefenstahl, posing together at a Berlin party in 1928.

A 2019 Volkswagen Beetle convertible on display at the Pittsburgh International Auto Show in February.

The Last VW Beetle Rolls Off The Assembly Line In Mexico This Week

An emblem of the hippie era in America, the car was marketed in the U.S. as adorably uncool. Volkswagen sold the bug with cheeky slogans like "It's ugly, but it gets you there."

James Holland (second from left) and a group of history buffs in accurate kit, recreate a World War II overland march by British Tommies during the Battle of France in 1940.

SECRETS OF THE DEAD: World War Speed

Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2025 at 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS app. Follow historian James Holland on his quest to understand how the use of amphetamines affected the course of World War II and unleashed the first pharmacological arms race.

John Nettles may be best known for his role as Tom Barnaby on MIDSOMER MURDERS, but his deep interest in World War II is the focus of the documentary "Hitler's England." Traveling to the British Channel Islands, Nettles recounts the little-known stories of the Nazi occupation that lasted there from 1940 to 1945.

Hitler's England

Airs Monday, Dec. 2, 2019 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV

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