Michael Muhammad Knight wrote a novel called "The Taqwacores." He made up the word: taqwa is Arabic for piety and core means hardcore.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Julie Phillips is the author of "James Tiptree, Jr.: The Double Life of Alice B. Sheldon."
Professional bladesmith Richard Furrer tells Jim Fleming about “Dragonslayer,” a blade forged from ultra-strong steel created with the help of a Northwestern University computer model.
We made some particular choices about the music in hour four. Here's a note from Charles about the thinking that went into the score, and a Spotify playlist to explore.
Here's our extended conversation with Kim Stanley Robinson on science fiction and imagining the future.
Mira Nair is an Oscar nominated, India- born film-maker who divides her time between America and the sub-continent.
Kayla Williams tells Anne Strainchamps that women soldiers feel sexism from their fellow soldiers, even in war zones, and that it complicates their lives.
Matthew Klam talks about his experience with Ecstasy and reflects on the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on the cultural perception of drug use.
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