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Julia Hansen on "A Life in Smoke"

Julia Hansen chained herself to the radiator in her dining room for a week in an effort to quit smoking cigarettes.

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Modern Esoterica - Erik Davis

If traditional religion has lost its luster, where do you find sacred experiences?  Anthropologist Erik Davis goes looking around the edges of contemporary culture - from Burning Man and trance music to psychedelics.

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John Matthews on "The Winter Solstice"

John Matthews talks with Anne Strainchamps about the sacred pre-Christian origins of many of our secular Christmas traditions.

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Lynn Hershman Leeson on "The Art and Films of Lynn Hershman Leeson"

Lynn Hershman Leeson is a pioneering artist and film-maker. Hershman Leeson talks to Anne Strainchamps about how she explores the theme of identity in her art.

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P.D. James on "Death in Holy Orders"

Mystery novelist P.D. James talks with Anne Strainchamps about “Death in Holy Orders,” the latest Adam Dalgleish book.

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Katherine Frank on “G-Strings and Sympathy"

Anthropologist Katherine Frank tells Steve Paulson who goes to strip clubs and what they’re looking for.

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Maryanne Wolf on Dyslexia as a Gift

Maryanne Wolf thinks the dyslexia brain ought to be considered a gift that characterized some of history's leading figures.

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Natasha Trethwey - Southern Crescent

Natasha Trethwey read Southern Crescent.

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