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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Margaret D. Jacobs studies early 20th century policies in both the U.S. and Australia, that removed indigenous children from their homes.
Michael Timmins writes the music and lyrics that his sister Margo Timmins sings as part of The Cowboy Junkies.
Ranya Idliby, Suzanne Oliver and Priscilla Warner- a Muslim, a Christian and a Jew- tell Jim Fleming how they came together after 9-11 with the goal of writing a children's book and shared their experiences and religious perspectives.
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.
Journalist Mark Pendergrast tells Steve Paulson that coffee came from Ethiopia, functioned as a patriotic symbol during the early days of the American Republic, and prolonged the slave trade in places like Brazil.
Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
Katrina Browne produced and directed the documentary "Traces of the Trade" in an effort to come to terms with her family's legacy of slave trading. Browne talks with Jim Fleming and we hear excerpts from her film.
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