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Karen Armstrong on "The Spiral Staircase"

Karen Armstrong talks with Anne Strainchamps about her tangled path back to God after leaving the convent.

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Patti Smith

Punk legend Patti Smith.  40 years ago, she came out with the seminal punk album Horses –with cover photo by her friend and lover Robert Mappelthorpe.

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Love 2.0

So romance is about attraction, about intimacy, and sometimes about sex. Sometimes, it's also about love. And love is all around.

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Robert Ferris Thompson on "Tango"

Robert Ferris Thompson muses about the movements of the tango and all the passions they express.

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Philosopher and Wolf - Mark Rowlands

When he was a young professor, philosopher Mark Rowlands adopted a wolf named Brenin, who turned into his constant companion.  He reflects on the life lessons he learned from Brenin.

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Ken Nordine's "Yellow"

Ken Nordine recites his word poem "yellow".

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Renee Fleming on "The Inner Voice"

Soprano Renee Fleming talks with Anne Strainchamps about the mystery of the human voice, and how she manages her voice, her characters, and her stage fright.

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Naomi Shihab Nye on Violence in Iraq

Poet Naomi Shihab Nye talks with Anne Strainchamps about the effects of the violence in Iraq and the Middle-East on the children who see it everyday.

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