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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Tomorrow, May 19, is Mental Health Action Day. So today on Now I’ve Heard Everything, a 1994 conversation with a woman whose own mental
Newt GingrichNewt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich was first elected to Congress from George’s sixth district in 1978. By the end of the 1980s, he had risen to a position of leadership in the House
Jenny CraigJenny Craig
You know the name Jenny Craig. It’s a popular weight loss, weight management and nutrition company with hundreds of locations all over the world. It’s named, of course, for its
Pat BrownPat Brown
Have you ever had an incident in your life that suddenly propelled you in a whole new direction? That happened to Pat Brown. After a close personal run-in with a
Jeffery DeaverJeffery Deaver
As a young man, Jeffery Deaver was a journalist. Then he was a lawyer for a while. But then his first love, writing, took over, and Deaver became a mystery
Lucie ArnazLucie Arnaz
It’s mother’s Day weekend. So today on Now I’ve Heard Everything a conversation with a woman whose mother was, and is, one of the world’s most famous women, the great
Oliver NorthOliver North
In the 1980s, the presidency of Ronald Reagan was facing two distinct foreign policy challenges. Members of Hezbollah had taken several Americans hostage in Beirut, Lebanon. And in Central America,
Edie AdamsEdie Adams
Edie Adams was a very popular movie and television star in the 1950s, known widely for her comic impersonations of sexy singers, and her own wonderful singing voice. But eventually
Cliff StollCliff Stoll
Many people think we’re on the verge of another Cold war, a cyber war, in which skilled hackers will break into systems abroad and wreak havoc with them. But back
Sergei KhrushchevSergei Khrushchev
At the very height of the Cold War, in the late 1950s and early ‘60s, one of the most vilified man in the world – at least in the U.S.