The Carthusian order of Monks believe in complete withdrawal from the world.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Novelist Joanna Trollope reads from "Second Honeymoon" and talks about why the empty nest syndrome is particularly difficult for women.
Chicago May was a 19th century Irish immigrant who became a con-woman and crook instead of a maid or factory worker.
Mark Brend tells Anne Strainchamps about odd inventions like the Ondes Martenot and how composers have used them.
When independent radio producer Karen Michel moved from her apartment in Brooklyn out to the country – near the Hudson River - she wanted to know what her new neighbors really cared about. What, for them, it truly meant to live in a democracy where freedom is taken for granted.
Peter Bebergal and Scott Korb are writers who became friends around such secular interests as sex, rock-n-roll and popular culture. Then they discovered they're both alive to the search for God and their friendship deepened.
In this EXTENDED interview, Adam Mansbach talks about his new novel, "Rage is Back."
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