How the racial coding of mental illness has influenced everything from Martin Luther King, Jr.’s sermons to popular music.

A conversation with the Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Women’s Studies at the University of Michigan.

As Dick Cavett has discovered, there is no limit to the subjects one can find themselves covering when starting a blog; and there is similarly no limit to the unique […]

Get professional help as fast as you can if you suffer from depression, says Dick Cavett, who wishes that he had received help earlier.

Like many of the greats, Dick Cavett is not entirely sure just how he made it in the comedy business, but he does believe there are certain innate qualities that […]

Both Johnny Carson and Dick Cavett started out as young magicians and maintained the craft throughout their careers. So which late-night legend was better?

As Dick Cavett knows from personal experience, Nixon was remarkably intelligent, with a wrath that was incredibly stealthy. The president wanted to “screw” Cavett because the talk show host objected […]

From the almost mythical presence of Groucho Marx and a surprisingly pleasant sit-down with Bobby Fischer to the unique intelligence of John Lennon, the legendary host has shared the stage […]

Though Dick Cavett bagged some rare guests, he dropped the ball with a failed joke to Carey Grant and couldn’t quite penetrate Frank Sinatra’s entourage.

NBC’s recent debacle elicits a long standing fact of late-night TV: whether it’s the mental state that occurs just before going to bed or the effect of having a couple […]

Will Conan O’Brien’s move to TBS shake up the talk show format? Maybe not: Dick Cavett thinks some of the more monotonous late-night traditions are here to stay.

The famous clash between the author and Dick Cavett was triggered, in part, by Mailer’s misunderstanding of what an “interview” is supposed to be.

A conversation with the legendary talk show host.

The author of “Compañero: The Life and Death of Che Guevara” discusses the legacy of the famous revolutionary, and why it’s one he never would have wanted.

Jorge Castañeda argues that Mexico must become part of a “North American community”—perhaps one with a unified currency.

The former Mexican presidential candidate criticizes the incumbent, Calderón, for persisting in a “lousy” and “unwinnable” battle against drugs.

NAFTA was “oversold,” says Mexico’s former secretary of foreign affairs. The country can only revive its economy by fundamentally altering its neighbors’ thinking.

As Obama pushes for an overhaul of immigration law, Mexico’s ex-Secretary of Foreign Affairs warns that he must succeed this year, or risk seeing his policies stall as George W. […]

The U.S.-Mexico border fence carries a “terrible” symbolic message, but virtually no practical impact.

From his tenure as Mexico’s secretary of foreign affairs to his professorship at NYU, Jorge Castañeda has sought to spark foreign interest and domestic hope in Latin America.

A conversation with the professor of politics at New York University.

Dolphin intelligence is even more impressive than scientists previously believed. So what are the ethical ramifications for our treatment of these extraordinary creatures?

Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino says there is no evidence that zoos help promote conservation through education. For example, Japan has more marine parks than any other […]

Dolphins are living proof that you don’t need hands to create and use tools. Their sophisticated manipulations of water, air, and sea floor also demonstrate how culture spreads among their […]

Lori Marino’s discoveries around the incredible level of intelligence in dolphins show they should be treated as sentient beings with lives to lead, not objects or commodities.

Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino campaigns against the treatment of dolphins as commodities, especially the dolphin slaughters around the world, including the Taiji drives in Japan.

Studying the intelligence, behavior and evolution of dolphins can help humans to gain perspective on who we are.

It’s easier to read the facial expressions of chimpanzees due to their close evolutionary ties to humans, as compared to the facial expressions of dolphins. Though in the end, both […]

Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino discusses how evolution has allowed a basic psychological continuity to develop across human, dolphins, primates and all species.

Emory University Neuroscientist and Behavioral Biologist Lori Marino discusses the impact of her research on dolphins and primates. She encourages young students to become sciencists of, and advocate for, animals.