Piers Vitebsky studies the Eveny or Reindeer People of Siberia. They keep herds of reindeer for meat, but also have personal, consecrated reindeer animal doubles, which they believe will die for them.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Lia Macko tells Jim Fleming women still blame themselves for not being able to achieve everything imagined in the days of the Feminist Revolution.
M.G. Lord is the author of “Astro Turf: The Private Life of Rocket Science.” Her father worked for the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena in the early days of the space program.
Richard Halpern talks with Jim Fleming about the sexual sub-text in Norman Rockwell’s work
Mystery novelist P.D. James talks with Anne Strainchamps about “Death in Holy Orders,” the latest Adam Dalgleish book.
Christian and Muslim traditions often involve the afterlife. Is it as important to the Jewish people?
Paul Krugman is one of the most prominent liberal pundits in America. He talks with Steve Paulson about his latest book, "The Conscience of A Liberal."
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