.Historian Jeffrey Kripal makes the case for taking paranormal phenomena more seriously.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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For millennia the Hazara people have been telling folk tales. Najaf Mazari and Robert Hillman have collected them in a book called “The Honey Thief.”
Mark Anthony Neal considers himself a feminist and thinks that the traditional stereotypes of the Strong Black Man have contributed to the problems that Black men face today.
Acclaimed novelist Martin Amis talks about growing up as the son of another famous novelist — Kingsley Amis.
Nicholas Christopher collected myths and legends for years to write his novel, "The Bestiary."
For the past three months, our host Anne Strainchamps came to work every day and listened to people talk about death and dying. Here are her reflections on how the experienced changed her.
When Katy Butler's aging father got a pacemaker, his life slid into dementia, incontinence and misery. Katy talks about choosing care over cure.
Meghan O'Rourke wonders if there's a better way to be bereaved in an essay called "Good Grief" which recently appeared in the New Yorker.
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