Wendy Doniger says sexual positions are just a small part of the Kamasutra, and that the British taught the Indians to be ashamed of this book, and their bodies.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Music historian Will Friedwald talks with Steve Paulson about “As Time Goes By” and why we love it.
The Aleppo Codex, the oldest, most complete, most accurate text of the Hebrew Bible went missing? Where did it go?
This story was done in collaboration with Israel Story, the This American Life of Israel.
British comedian Ross Noble hosts a show for the BBC. The premise is to go to remote places in the world and try to do stand-up.
Persi Diaconis was a stage magician before he discovered probability theory and became one of the world's leading mathematicians. He tells us about some very powerful formulas derived from card shuffles and magic tricks.
Music writer Peter Guralnick tells us how the legendary Sam Phillips created rock and roll as a musical protest.
Steve Paulson reports from Cambridge University in England on Charles Darwin's own views regarding whether his theory of evolution was compatible with religious faith.
Sean Bonner tells Anne Strainchamps about "Met Blogs" a worldwide network of city-focused blogs.
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