From a Cape Cod cottage to the Guggenheim Bilbao, the New Yorker’s Paul Goldberger on why architecture matters.

Anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss, who profoundly challenged the understanding of human cultures, has died at the age of 100. We’ll look back at his work and its meaning.

This Old House turns 30. We’ll get up close with the beloved PBS series.

Is it OK now to be fat — a la TV’s “More to Love”? Or is it a threat to our health — and health care system?

Hip-hop legend and Wu Tang Clan founder The RZA on life lessons and the “Tao of Wu.”

Ex-convict and crack dealer Lemon Andersen lost his parents young, and found his way from jail to stage. He’ll talk about his new one-man show, “County of Kings.”

A new study suggests multitaskers don’t have some special skill. In fact, they may be damaging their ability to do anything well — even multitask.

“Mad Men” wins Best Drama — again — at the Emmys. We’ll talk to the show’s executive producer and creator, Matt Weiner.

Actress, filmmaker, and model Isabella Rossellini on her new sex-in-nature project, “Green Porno,” and a life in front of the camera.

Glee club drama. Courteney Cox as a cougar. The entire human race blacks out. We’ll get the scoop on TV’s fall lineup.

We are the world, in the street. An LA team takes its microphones and cameras to musicians worldwide to make a new documentary and CD.

Psychoanalyst Adam Phillips explains how kindness went out of fashion, and why we need it more than ever.

“Death be not proud.” “My love is a fever.” We look at 500 years of poets making sonnets.

Fred Astaire danced his way into American legend—the original dancing superstar. We look at the man behind the top hat and tails.

We look at the addictive, cathartic world of Internet confession.

We talk with classical guitar virtuoso Eliot Fisk, about the guitar as bridge between cultures. Plus: video of Fisk performing an encore in our studio.

Cable powerhouse Lauren Zalaznick, the force behind Bravo and Oxygen, “Real Housewives” and “Tori & Dean,” on creating television for women.

What did they eat in the Great Depression? We’ll find out, and tuck in. Plus: video of Tom and our guests tasting authentic ’30s recipes.

Author Colson Whitehead on his new novel, “Sag Harbor,” a coming-of-age story in Long Island’s African-American summer community.

The big new Star Trek prequel hits theaters. We’ll talk with critics, trekkies, and Mr. Spock himself — Leonard Nimoy — about the return of Star Trek.