Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

Ahmed Kathrada was imprisoned for 26 years alongside Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu. Since Kathrada's release, he's served in South Africa’s first freely elected Parliament, worked as a political advisor to President Mandela, and...

He arrived in Washington DC in 1954, a young political reporter covering the first term of President Dwight D. Eisenhower. And he's still writing about politics today. Columnist Jules Witcover discusses his lifelong career in journalism...

Arlene Blum was a top-notch biochemist. But the world knows her best as a mountaineer, where she broke the glass ceiling of a very macho sport. She's led climbs at Mt. Everest, Mt. McKinley, and Annapurna, among others. Blum joins Kojo...