Marjane Satrapi talks about the intimate lives of women in Iran and the conflicts created around the issue of sexuality by patriarchy and fundamentalist Islam.
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John Stilgoe tells Jim Fleming that people would discover all sorts of new things if they would walk or ride a bicycle and leave the car at home.
Philip Freeman is the author of “Saint Patrick of Ireland: A Biography.” He says that Patrick was enslaved by Irish raiders, escaped back to England, then returned to Ireland because of a vision and devoted himself to converting the Irish.
Nick Flynn is the author of a memoir of his complex relationship with his father, who showed up as a client at the homeless shelter where Nick was working.
Linda Lear tells Jim Fleming that the creator of Peter Rabbit could have been a scientist.
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist - and undocumented immigrant -- Jose Antonio Vargas is in our Crossroads show this week. Want to hear the EXTENDED interview with him? Here it is...
Rabbi Harold Kushner tells Anne Strainchamps that people need to believe their lives are meaningful and that we can make a significant contribution by our everyday actions.
Jane Juska was 67 when she placed a personal ad in the NY Review of Books looking for good sex with a man she liked.
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