Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."
Jim Fleming reads excerpts from Murakami's book "What I Talk About When I Talk About Running."
Neil Innes wrote and sang the tunes for The Rutles, who were Eric Idle’s parody of The Beatles.
Robert Wright tells Steve Paulson that the history of monotheism was shaped by the political events of the turbulent ancient Middle East and that Jesus was not a prophet of peace but a typical Jewish apocalyptic preacher obsessed with the approaching End Times.
Steve's hard at work on this weekend’s “Words and Music” show. Here's his note on the inspiration behind the show, and a taste of an interview with a scientist who's putting rappers in MRI machines.
When President Obama took office, the Democratic Party was riding high, and the Republican Party, some thought, was on its way out. No one paid much attention to the Tea Party. Times have changed.
John Haught believes these so called "new atheists" simply don't measure up to the old athiests like Nietzsche and Camus.
Steve Paulson presents a profile of the late writer Noel Perrin, best known for his essays on rural life.
Black, white and Jewish: Rebecca Walker talks with Steve Paulson about her unconventional upbringing and how having a child of her own changed her feelings about it.