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Killer Mike: "I believe in being able to do it all"

The rapper Michael Render is known for intense music as part of Run The Jewels – and also for "Love and Respect," his talked-about PBS talk show, in which he turns down the volume while building conversational bridges.

Charlie Puth on his latest music: "I'll be telling the truth from here on out"

The musical prodigy's fame rose with his 2015 collaboration with rapper Wiz Khalifa, "See You Again." But in early 2020, Puth put on the brakes. He talks about how a chance encounter led to a reappraisal of his career, and about his new album, "Charlie."

"Stranger at the Gate," on how love conquered hate

Filmmaker Joshua Seftel talks about his new documentary about a former Marine who planned to attack Muslims, until he met them, and experienced the life-changing power of acceptance, forgiveness and love.

Dancing Grannies return one year after parade tragedy

On November 21, 2021, a red SUV tore through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, killing six and injuring more than 60 others, including Betty Streng, a member of a dance team, the Milwaukee Dancing Grannies. The group lost three members. This week, Streng and others returned to walk the same parade route.

Tokyo says goodbye to an ultra-modern architectural marvel

Completed in 1972, Nakagin Tower, designed by Kisho Kurokawa, was a landmark of modular architecture: 140 stacked, prefabricated apartment pods. But now the tower is being demolished, its pods time capsules of the ultra-modern '70s.

The unsavory stigma surrounding MSG

Ever since monosodium glutamate was identified as the source of unpleasant health effects dubbed "Chinese Restaurant Syndrome," MSG has been unwelcome; yet, advocates promote its use in kitchens, even with a reputation that's tough to swallow.

Passage: The "Boy in the Box" mystery, solved

He became known as the "Boy in the Box," when the child's badly-bruised body was found stuffed in a cardboard box in a Philadelphia neighborhood in 1957. For decades his name and tragic story were unknown. But this week it was announced that detective work and DNA tracing has brought the mystery of the boy's identity to an end.

Extended Nature Video: Fall in Montana

We leave you this morning amid the Aspens of autumn, in south-central Montana. Videographer: Brad Markel.

Watch the full December 11 episode!

Hosted by Jane Pauley.

"Here Comes the Sun": Jamie Lee Curtis, and lovers of Vermont

Jamie Lee Curtis sits down with Tracy Smith to discuss her career, her sobriety, and what she has learned from her parents. Then, Conor Knighton travels to Vermont to learn about the 251 Club.