Steve Paulson speaks with several scientists, religious scholars and atheists about Albert Einstein's religious beliefs.
Steve Paulson speaks with several scientists, religious scholars and atheists about Albert Einstein's religious beliefs.
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.
Novelist Wesley Stace (AKA musician John Wesley Harding) tells Jim what the original novel, "Tristram Shandy," is all about.
British actor Simon Callow is writing Orson Welles' biography. Volume 2 is called "Hello Americans."
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.
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.
Journalist William Claassen calls himself a nomadic pilgrim. He spent many years traveling to cloistered communities from various religious traditions around the world.
Music writer Peter Guralnick tells us how the legendary Sam Phillips created rock and roll as a musical protest.