Month: December 2024

Muscle Shoals seems like just another sleepy Alabama town tucked along the Tennessee River. Until you learn that it produced some of the most iconic American music ever recorded. We’re … Read more

Big Bird. Oscar. Elmo. What happens when Jim Henson’s genius meets an educational revolution? Here’s how a group of quirky creators broke barriers and turned Muppets into global icons. ‘”Street … Read more

Before “Fahrenheit 9/11” and “Bowling for Columbine“, Michael Moore burst onto the scene with his groundbreaking debut, Roger & Me. Moore’s very first doc changed the game. Watch as the … Read more

Think Switzerland’s all chocolate and yodeling? Think again—its 10,000 bunkers, built to outlast Armageddon, include one still operational with an operating room and space for the dead. Neutral on the … Read more

Jan Wenner might have been the boss of Rolling Stone Magazine. But Ben Fong-Torres was the heart and soul. The Grateful Dead wouldn’t talk to Rolling Stone unless it was … Read more

From drawing “assholes” in his signature to adopting his orphaned nephews after his sister’s unimaginable loss. Here’s a cocktail party-like conversation with the American literary legend who created “Slaughterhouse-Five”, “Cat’s … Read more

You know Buzz, Woody, and WALL-E—but did you know Pixar started as a failing hardware company? Steve Jobs (who had just been kicked out of Apple) bought it from George … Read more

They wrote the soundtrack of the South, partied like legends, and lived a story of rock ‘n’ roll triumph and gut-wrenching tragedy. Think “Almost Famous” with a Southern accent, brotherhood, … Read more