Thursday, Sep. 14, 2006 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

You may recognize them from the gourmet aisle by their strange shapes and high price tags. But heirloom varieties of vegetables, fruit and livestock are a tasty living genetic history of food variations in America. Kojo explores the world...

It's been more than six months since controversy derailed a proposed takeover of U.S. ports by Dubai Ports World. Now a bipartisan deal aimed at tightening waterfront security appears to be mired in election-season posturing. Kojo looks at...

Ngugi wa Thiong'o was a young man when he wrote a book on prison-issued toilet paper. His crime: including political messages in a play he'd written. Now a distinguished professor, Ngugi wa Thiong'o joins Kojo to discuss his life, his...