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This week on “Up Close,” there are times when those in charge of a country act with seemingly complete disregard for the law. We saw that in the United States with former President Richard Nixon. To a differing extent and in a different way, t
This week on Up Close: How can our most basic human behaviors work against us? And what can we do to use them in our favor?They’re called “the artisans of crime,” and con artists use what they know about human behavior to identify, lure, and
This week on Up Close, we’re uncovering the significance of ancient settlements – early Native Americans from 9,000 years ago, and Jewish life in the Catskills.It’s a bygone era that is now only available in memories and media. But when Jews
This week on Up Close, what happens when you take some of the most well-known writers of today, and have them talk about some of the oldest stories we know of? Literary agent Andrew Blauner gathered together some of the names you know best fr
This week on Up Close, what should we think about people who seem to have almost an obsession with helping others?The story of pathologist Bennet Omalu is now a major motion picture starring Will Smith. But if the National Football League had
What’s wrong with men today? On this episode of Up Close, we do our best to find out, and work on fixing the problem.It’s possible that what men are doing wrong is as simple as numbers and economics. Fortune Magazine Contributor Jon Birger re
This week on Up Close, to what lengths will we go to try to keep ourselves safe? And when we speak of keeping “us” safe, who are we excluding?The drone strike on an American citizen in 2011 required some novel legal arguments by the Obama adm
This week on Up Close, we talk about about people who explore the natural world around them and find inspiration.For one of the greatest Jewish writers of all time, being a chemist was a major part of how he saw the world. Primo Levi also wr
This week on Up Close, love stories make up a large part of American culture, though beyond the Biblical book of “Song of Songs,” Shir Hashirim, it doesn’t seem to be the biggest part of Jewish culture.And yet, this year, the love story of tw
This week on Up Close, what does it take to make an artist? This week, we speak with a biographer of one of the most famous artists of the 20th Century, and one woman who is working her way up in the field, in the middle of her career.Andy W
This week on Up Close, we’re taking you on two voyages of discovery, and the mix of pessimism and hope we find along the way.News anchor Imran Garda, covering the past few years for Al Jazeera and other networks, has seen an Arab Spring flow
This week on Up Close, being stigmatized through no fault of one’s own is unfair andunfortunate, whether it’s for the way one is, or for what others think one has done.Autism is a condition we hear a lot about today, amid increasing discover
This week on Up Close, being black in America means getting treated differently from those who are white in numerous ways. Within the world of politics, the African-American vote was alternately pursued and jettisoned by the major political p
What makes us human? And is that something we could lose? In this week’s episode of Up Close, we look at those studying how to preserve species, and one psychologist’s call for preserving human communication.For many, the question of whether
This week on Up Close, we tend to believe that a system of laws is there to protect us. We often believe in the integrity of that system, and that it can deliver the justice we expect.The largest verdict for environmental damages in history w
This week on Up Close, what can men be doing better? How can men support women and increase their representation in key areas?Being a dad is hard. It’s even harder when laws and policies are designed to keep dads from doing their fair share.
The law of the land can help us, and it can hurt us.In pushing against laws that kept women unequal in the United States, Ruth Bader Ginsburg achieved many things for the first time in our nation’s history. But she wouldn’t be the first woman
This week on Up Close, when we examine what’s controlling us, we find different sources of authority.In the realm of the mind, new science reveals that our brain is making decisions before we’re even consciously aware of them. The conflict an
On this week’s episode of Up Close, when people work together to accomplish a goal, they can do more than any one individual. But, sometimes, that’s a bad thing.The tobacco industry has been able to do more to sell harmful products, and the t
This week on Up Close, we often close ourselves off from information and experiences that can help us — and ignore the opportunities right under our noses.We’re also ignoring the danger that might lurk in areas we’ve walled-off from our conce
This week on Up Close, sometimes, the faithful among us do things that are exceptional and rarely understood. The loss of a loved one is among the greatest losses one can face. To have a loved one murdered in cold blood is a pain many would t
This week on Up Close, we’re looking at things that end up in unexpected places.Twenty years ago, no one thought we’d be able to place a flying weapon across the globe from its pilot, and engage in warfare. William Arkin discusses his book, U
This week on Up Close, when it comes to raising the next generation, what tools will we give them?Many would argue that one tool that’s worked well in the past is now broken. Chronicle of Higher Education Senior Writer Goldie Blumenstyk is th
This week on Up Close, as Asian economies increasingly rise in prominence and productivity, the home of more than half the world’s population becomes an increasing part of our discussion in the West. Two journalists in this week’s episode off
This week on Up Close, what does it mean to be set free from the strictures of one’s childhood, and find a calling somewhere else?In the 1980s, many youths across America found meaning in music that was loud, hard and fast — and a sense of c
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