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We continue our discussion of Neil Gaiman's The Sandman: Dream Country with a chat about the second story, "A Dream Of A Thousand Cats," which considers not only the position of cats in society, but the ability of stories to shape reality.

Veteran journalist Belva Davis blazed a path as the first Black female television reporter on the West Coast. In her career, spanning more than forty years, she's covered stories, ranging from Vietnam War protests to the start of the AIDS epidemic. Her experiences are the subject of her memoir, "Never In My Wildest Dreams." In Tell Me More's regular "Wisdom Watch" conversation, host Michel Martin speaks with Davis about her new book, her career and lessons learned.

In celebration of National Poetry Month, O, The Oprah Magazine has published its first-ever poetry issue. The April issue features interviews with poet Mary Oliver and poet laureate W.S. Merwin. Several celebrities, including Diane Sawyer, Demi Moore and, of course, Oprah Winfrey, talk about why poetry is important to them.

Actress Jane Fonda is back on stage as a musicologist out to solve a musical mystery in the play 33 Variations. Fonda talks about the role and explains why she's "smitten" with Beethoven.

One of the country's wealthiest Native American tribes, Colorado's Southern Ute, has spent $38 million on a museum and cultural center meant to teach outsiders and young Southern Utes about the tribe's history.

We've talked many times about all the different ways you can interact with the things you love, but we've never really talked about using a public library as a point of contact with pop culture. It's time to investigate.

In the latest video in the series "Desktop Diaries," Science Friday visits theoretical physicist and futurist Michio Kaku in his office. Kaku's office is full of decades' worth of books, awards, and bygone technology. As he says, "it's pointless to have a nice clean desk, because it means you're not doing anything."

What to Expect When You Are Expecting is a perennial best-seller, but its detailed descriptions of virtually every moment of pregnancy can also make mothers-to-be a little crazy. Some women in pregnancy crave all that information, but for others, it's information overload.

The nonprofit Save the Children has released its 12th annual "Mothers Index," which says Norway is the best place to be a mother while Afghanistan is the worst. The U.S. ranks 31st. Host Michel Martin discusses the report's findings with Mary Beth Powers, the head of Save the Children's newborn and child survival campaign.

We take a moment to reflect on being "well-read," and on the fact that the smartest thing you can do as a consumer of culture is admit that you'll never know everything.