Ann Jones tells Steve Paulson about her trip across Africa to meet the Lovedu people, a tribe ruled by women.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Do atheists have any use for religion? Philosopher Alain de Botton says atheists can learn religious traditions tap into various emotional needs, from our yearning for community to our desire to create sacred spaces.
Andrea Olsen tells Steve Paulson how to extend his awareness of the body’s sensory abilities, and does an excerpt from a performance art piece on body awareness.
Sheherezade – the world’s first feminist. Lebanese writer Hanan Al-Shaykh has re-told some of her stories in a new collection.
Landscape architect Anne Whiston Spirn talks about Frederick Law Olmsted’s revolutionary plan to use the processes of nature to clean up human damage to the environment.
Adam Gopnik reads excerpts from his book “Paris to the Moon,” set to music by the band Paris Combo.
Amitav Ghosh is a novelist whose latest, “The Glass Palace” tells the story of the millions of Indians who went to Burma during the British occupation.
Sometimes a new neighbor can be like a surprise package from Fate.
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