Americans are far more likely to know someone who has taken his or her own life than someone who has been murdered. We’re a nation with twice as many suicides than murders each year. Yet the profile of suicide as a public health risk is the opposite – a shameful problem, whose victims and solutions are not the focus of wide debate.

If you were asked what’s more common in the U.S. – homicide or suicide – what would you say?

The great Spanish tenor Plácido Domingo looks back on his illustrious career – one which has been bountifully preserved on film and video.

This comprehensive performance documentary, the first profile of the tenor in a decade, features the celebrated tenor – and general director of both the Washington National Opera and the Los Angeles Opera – as he looks back and reflects with heartfelt candor on his choicest roles from opera houses around the world.

This film tells the epic story of the Mexican Revolution of 1910. Fueled by the Mexican people’s growing dissatisfaction with an elitist ruling regime, the revolution was led by two of the most intriguing and mythic figures in 20th century history — Emiliano Zapata and Francisco “Pancho” Villa.

From Freakonomics Radio – When you spend your life building a successful business, whether it's a small bakery or a corporate empire, it's a natural step to hand off the reins to your son or daughter. But economic research shows that handing down a business to an heir is, on average, a terrible idea. Profitability, for example, drops an estimated 10 to 20 percent when a family firm is passed on to the next generation. So why do we do this?