Pope Benedict XVI was the successor of John Paul II, formerly known as Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger. Recently he visited the United States of America for his Apostolic Journey and to visit the United Nations Organization Headquarters.

Charles Milles Manson is a person with an unusual ability to dominate others. He assembled a destructive, doomsday cult around himself, which the media later called The Family. He was an environmentalist and animal rights activist concerned about damage to the environment and pollution.

A selection of some of the significant speeches of President Harry S. Truman, the 33rd President of the United States who made some of the most crucial desicions in history.

General Colin Luther Powell, United States Army (Ret.) (born April 5, 1937) was the 65th United States Secretary of State, serving from January 20, 2001 to January 23, 2005 under President George W. Bush.

Some say Jack is a brilliant scientist who invented a great thing. It kills sick people without suffering or any pain. Some say his euthanasia machine makes him a murderer and he has no right to be Doctor Death.

A collection of extraordinary Russian "Zvukovye pis'ma" or musical letters. They were issued around 1950 in the Soviet Union. The musical letter was a picture postcard with a small flexible disc glued to it you could really play on a record player.

Listen to the early sound recording methods, wax cylinder records and antique phonographs. And enjoy listening to early recorded sounds taken directly from the original wax cylinders.

Sacha Baron Cohen, in the persona of bad boy rapper Ali G, amused Harvard's Class of 2004. Admitting several times that bringing the grandparents might not have been wise, Ali G peppered his talk with references to sex, drugs, arrests, and scatological functioning. Adult Language!

Lyndon Baines Johnson also known as LBJ in his time was the 36th President of the United States. He was elected President in his own right in a landslide in 1964.Here are some of his important audio clips.

The royal family & aristocracy didn't like her, but the people liked her. She was vulnerable. She was not a perfect person and I guess she could be difficult. But she was good and she cared. She was the people's queen. Listen to her stories here!

Ted Haggard is the disgraced former president of the National Evangelical Association, which represents 30 million evangelical Christians. He resigned as NEA president, where he held sway in Washington and condemned homosexuality, after a man claimed to have had drug-fueled homosexual trysts with him.

Bobby Fischer 3/9/43 -1/17/08 won the World Chess Championship in 1972. He's lead a contreversial life rife with scandals about him being anti-Semitic and anti-american. He did experience some harassment from the Bush regime for his opinions.

Charles Manson, who is now 74, remains incarcerated at Corcoran State Prison in California in spite of his numerous attempts at winning parole. He and his co-defendants were spared execution after capital punishment was briefly taken off the books in America before being reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976. Listen to more of his clips here.

Amelia Earhart is a symbol of aviation for the 1920's and 1930's. But in 1937, she disappeared and was never seen again. Her fate remains a mystery. Though her time in the limelight was short, she will forever be linked with the sky.

Charles Lindbergh also known as Lucky Lindy, became famous for being the first pilot to fly solo nonstop across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927. He was also a strong advocate in the movement to keep the U.S. out of war with Germany.

Top 100 TV Catchphrases listed on http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15924256/from/ET/.

Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) was both a scientist and an inventor. The phonograph and the motion-picture projector were only a few of his inventions. He profoundly affected the technology of modern society. Listen to the works and clips of one of the most prolific inventors in history.

South America occupies the major southern portion of the landmass. Portuguese and Spanish are the most spoken languages in South America, Brazil is the only Portuguese-speaking nation making it an important part of Brazilian national identity.