Bryan Mark Rigg talks with us in 2002 about the thousands of “mischlinge” – or Nazi-backing Jewish soldiers – in the German military during World War II.

In a program from 2002, the CIA’s masters of disguise explain their craft and tell some great espionage stories.

Ron Chernow, a great biographer, joins us in 2004 to discuss the astonishing life and achievement – and death in a duel – of the youngest of the founding fathers.

In 2007 Dr. Francis Collins, head of the Human Genome Project, argues that God and science fit well together and are fully reconcilable.

A funny but sharp 2006 discussion with Joe Epstein, author of “Friendship: An Expose.”

Two great bookies, William Rice and Daniel Bourne, discuss this basic question and name titles in a 2002 program.

Anthony Bourdain makes an early appearance with his inside stories about life – and chaos, competition and craft – inside the great and failed restaurant kitchens.

American film historian George Stevens (also son of one of the great directors) recounts how many of the great films were cast, constructed and publicized… and how, when necessary, the actors were manipulated.

Vernon Walters wound up as second-in-command at the CIA after a long career stranger than fiction. Here he is talking with Milt in 1978 and recounting, among many other things, his involvement in Watergate.

From the Extension 720 archives, two modern historians, David Jordan and Robert Wallace evaluate and appreciate Herodotus, Thucydides, Tacitus, Polybius, Machiavelli and others. Originally aired 2007.