Karen Armstrong is a historian of religion. Her latest book is "The Case for God."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Joyce Carol Oates talks with Jim Fleming about some of the stories in her book “Faithless: Tales of Transgression.”
Redmond O’Hanlon is travel writer who’s braved the Congo, Borneo and the Amazon. This time around, he tries his luck on a trawler in the icy Atlantic in dangerous waters.
Journalist Ken Wiwa tells Steve Paulson about his father's protest against the influence of oil money in Nigeria, and what it was like to grow up in his dominating presence.
Some countries are still struggling for international recognition. Photographer Narayan Mahon talks about his “Lands in Limbo” project – photographs that show what happens to the citizens of a nation that’s denied UN membership.
Richard Perle tells Steve Paulson that Iran is harboring Al Quaeda people; that the U.S. should always be on the side on people fighting for freedom and that his reputation as “the Prince of Darkness” results from a case of mistaken identity.
Literary critics have deemed Laura van den Berg one of American's best new writers. Listen in as she talks about the roles of memory and forgetting in our lives, and in her debut novel, "Find Me."
Les Blank is a much admired documentary film-maker. His subjects have included Polka music, gap-toothed women, and bluesman Lightning Hopkins.
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