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Miles Davis Interviewed by Harry Reasoner on ’60 Minutes’

Jazz master Miles Davis talks about his painting, drug addiction, black musicians, prostitution, how he’s not “anti-white” all the time, and how American women act like they are on television.

The Rise and Fall of Elizabeth Holmes and Her Company Theranos

In 2014, Fortune magazine ran a cover story featuring Elizabeth Holmes: a blonde woman wearing a black turtleneck, staring deadpan at the camera, with the headline, “This CEO’s out for blood.” A decade earlier, Holmes had founded Theranos, a company…

Fighting Cancer by Chasing Tornadoes

By Liam Saint-Pierre I often find my most interesting stories in unusual places. Last year I went to Duluth, Minn., from my home in Britain to film Chris Plys, an Olympic curler. On my last evening, Chris began telling a…

THERANOS, Elizabeth Holmes and the Cult of Silicon Valley

Elizabeth Holmes became a Silicon Valley celebrity after she dropped out of Stanford at 19 to start a company called Theranos. We sat down with John Carreyrou, the Wall Street Journal reporter who unmasked Holmes. (Source: ReasonTV)

J. Paul Getty Reflects on the Nature of Wealth

In 1960, J. Paul Getty, the American oil man who was one of the richest people in the world, sat for an interview with CBC’s Close-Up. Here, he is asked about his philosophy in life and how he feels about…

What It’s Like to Launch Space Rockets in Alaska

In the Gulf of Alaska, idyllic Kodiak Island is famous for its sockeye salmon, king crab, and roaming bison. However, this picturesque location is also home to the Pacific Spaceport Complex, a world-class rocket-launching facility since its opening in 1998.…

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