Tariq Ali about Al-Andalus, the largely forgotten Muslim society on the peninsula that's now Spain and Portugal where Christians, Jews and Muslims once lived together in relative harmony.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Essayist Susan Ehrlich is a practicing pediatrian who remembers what it was like treating her father during his final hours.
It’s hard to wrap your head around climate change. How do you really take in the concept of planetary change over decades or even centuries? Visual artist Kambui Olujimi explores different ideas about time in his one-man show “Zulu Time.”
Comedian and writer Tony Hawks conceived the daft idea of hitch-hiking around Ireland with a small refrigerator.
Film director Rodney Ascher recommends Paul Schrader's 1988 movie, "Patty Hearst."
Photographer Rachel Sussman has documented 30 of the oldest living things in the world.
The Wailin’ Jennys talk about the joys and mystery of harmony, and sing a few examples.
Today, the Dutch philosopher Spinoza - father of the Enlightenment - is revered, but in the mid-17th century, he was branded a heretic by his Jewish congregation in Amsterdam. Recently, philosopher Steve Nadler was asked if Spinoza should be exonerated. He explains why he said no.
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