Shane White and Graham White are the co-authors of “The Sounds of Slavery: Discovering African American History Through Songs, Sermons and Speech.”
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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A fantasy novel written by a Somali-American Mennonite raised in the US who wrote it while teaching English during a civil war in what is now South Sudan and then revised it in Egypt.
Poltergeists, ghosts, telepathy and other psychic phenomena used to be considered legitimate subjects for scientific research. Historian Jeffrey Kripal recounts the intellectual history of the paranormal.
Maybe the first step to beginning again is taking the time to remember - and, if necessary, mourn - what’s past.
Shortly after 9/11/01, Ilana Harlow talked about how creative rituals can help us.
J.R. Thornton was once a serious tennis player on the junior circuit. Then he moved to China and spent a year training with the Beijing National Team, where he discovered just how different the life of an aspiring champion could be. His novel "Beautiful Country" reveals the incredibly difficult demands on young athletes in China.
Doug Gordon found Steve Nieve in Chicago and talked with him about his music and his collection of sounds.
Steven Pinker tells Steve Paulson that parents don’t really have much to do with shaping their children’s personalities.
In Super Senses, psychiatrist Bessel van der Kolk talked about how trauma disrupts people's relationship with their body. This extended interview includes more on studies into how trauma rewires the brain, and how yoga can help people heal.
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