Lynne Cox is a long distance swimmer who specializes in the impossible. She tells Steve Paulson how she trained, and how she’s able to do survive in such cold water.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Jane Walmsley is an American who’s lived in England for twenty five years. Her book is “Brit-Think, Ameri-Think.” She talks with Anne Strainchamps about how American attitudes differ from British ones.
Margaret MacMillan explains the historical context of the Nixon trip to China and how it changed the course of history.
.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.
Quaker writer, educator and activist Parker Palmer believes people need to listen to their inner voice in order to make the right life choices.
Mark Rectanus tells Steve Paulson that corporate sponsorship can create conflicts of interest for museum curators and can turn art exhibits into “tarted-up trade shows.”
Matthew Crawford is a philosopher and mechanic talks about why manual work matters.
British composer John Tavener tells Steve Paulson that he merely records the music that God created, and that he scorns music like Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony which celebrates humanity rather than the Divine.
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