Historian Elizabeth Abbot talks with Judith Strasser about the history of celibacy — from the ancient Greek goddess Athena to boxing superstar Mohammed Ali.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Peter Edelman's Dangerous Idea? Putting people to work doing things we need done.
Barack Obama talks with Steve Paulson about his self-image and success.
Writer Brendan Koerner reviews Yukio Mishima's classic novel, "Confessions of a Mask".
Etgar Keret tells Steve Paulson how his writing career began after a traumatic event.
David Plotz is the editor of Slate Magazine (slate.com) and the author of "Good Book."
Francis M. Nevins is an authority on suspense writer Cornell Woolrich and wrote the introduction for a new anthology called “Night and Fear: A Centenary Collection of Stories by Cornell Woolrich.”
She is the child of fundamentalist Christians but her father was a forest ranger and she grew up in a remote wilderness cabin.
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