Reverend Jamie Coots was a snake handler and Pentecostal preacher in Middlesboro, Kentucky. He died this past Saturday, when the rattlesnake he was handling during a church service bit him.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jeffrey J. Kripal talks to Steve Paulson about his book, "Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal."
Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
Have you heard about "sacred economics"? It's Charles Eisenstein's viral idea, that we need to get our economic systems back in line with our values.
Looking for the extended interview with Eisenstein? Here it is.
Jan Louter is a Dutch film director. The PBS series Independent Lens just aired his piece “A Sad Flower in the Sand” about novelist John Fante. Fante wrote a 1939 novel called “Ask the Dust” ...
Creationist Paul Nelson, a fellow at the Discovery Institute, makes the case for his point of view.
Could LSD boost your creativity? Yes, says psychologist Jim Fadiman, a pioneer in psychedelics research and one of the founders of the transpersonal pychology movement.
Sir Ian McKellen is heard first, reading from the novel "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver. It's part of her "Chronicles of Ancient Darkness" series, set 6000 years ago.
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