Why has the story of Abraham and Isaac inspired generations of religious martyrs? Bruce Chilton tells us why.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Azadeh Moaveni talks about growing up Iranian in America and American in Iran.
Dominique Lapierre talks about “Five Past Midnight in Bhopal: The Epic Story of the World’s Deadliest Industrial Disaster.” He says thousands of people died because they fled in the wrong direction.
In his new book “Incognito,” David Eagleman explores what he calls “the secret lives of the brain.”
Sean Penn reads a section of Bob Dylan’s autobiography where Dylan credits George as one of his greatest influences.
Coral reefs and many of the oceans' marvels may disappear before this century ends, according to a new scientific study. Science writer Elizabeth Kolbert says we're facing the sixth great extinction. In this extended interview, she tells Steve Paulson stories from the front lines of the fight against extinction, from Panama to Australia's Great Barrier Reef.
Cary Sudler is descended from a slave-holding plantation family. He discovered that he shares the Sudler name with both black and white families in the area around the old plantation.
Ecstatic dance can help us transcend our day-to-day lives. TTBOOK producer Sara Nics describes her own experience of ecstatic dance - grounded in her body, feeling bliss without invoking God or any larger meaning.
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