Thursday, Dec. 18, 2008 | The Kojo Nnamdi Show

House Speaker Newt Gingrich made a pledge more than a decade ago to make Washington, D.C. "the best capital city in the world." Years later, some experts say we're not even close to achieving that goal. Join Kojo as we talk about obstacles...

He's been covering sports for The Washington Post for almost 40 years. But all of that time in the press box has also given Leonard Shapiro a unique window into the soul of Washington, D.C. He joins Kojo to revisit some of the city's most...

The world knew him as H.M. -- a man who lived with profound amnesia after an experimental brain operation and provided an unprecedented window into the human mind. Henry Gustav Molaison died last week at the age of 82, but he'll be...