Ariel Glucklich tells Jim Fleming about ritual self-punishment in various religions and how the experience of self-inflicted pain can seem liberating.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Author Chuck Klosterman's Dangerous Idea? Laugh tracks are the most philosophically stupid thing. Ever.
We've interviewed Klosterman a number of times, here's a link to more interviews with him.
Catherine Boldt is one of The Gimpy Girls. Their mission is to make life easier, safer and more fun for gimpy people everywhere.
Chitra Divakaruni tells Anne Strainchamps that the events of 9/11 convinced her of the importance of multi-cultural literature for children.
Brad Hirschfield was once a religious fanatic. He was one of a small number of Jewish settlers living in Hebron, in the middle of thousands of Palestinians.
Christopher Moore talks about untranslatable words.
Essayist Beverly Lapp explains what "The Star Spangled Banner" means to her as a Mennonite.
Frederick Turner is the author of “1929: a Novel of the Jazz Age.” Turner reads from the book and talks with Steve Paulson about its central character, Bix Beiderbeck.
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