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Craig Mullaney on "The Unforgiving Minute"

In 2003, Craig Mullaney led an infantry rifle platoon along the hostile border between Afghanistan and Pakistan.

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Bryan Palmer on "Cultures of Darkness"

Bryan Palmer tells Steve Paulson how some population groups, from enslaved Africans to religious heretics, jazz musicians, and homosexuals have found refuge and freedom in the night.

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Bob Stout on Bowhunting

Bowhunter Bob Stout provides a brief commentary on being in the woods.

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Dangerous Idea: No Laugh Track

Author Chuck Klosterman's Dangerous Idea? Laugh tracks are the most philosophically stupid thing. Ever.

We've interviewed Klosterman a number of times, here's a link to more interviews with him.

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Coleman Barks on Rumi

The 13th century Sufi mystic is one of America’s bestselling poets, thanks largely to the translations of Coleman Barks. A Muslim born in Afghanistan, he celebrated the underlying unity of all religions

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Frances Richey on "The Warrior – A Mother's Story of a Son at War"

Poet Frances Richey calls her latest collection "The Warrior – A Mother's Story of a Son at War."

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Art Spiegelman on "The Shadow of No Towers"

Art Spiegelman's new book is “In the Shadow of No Towers” in which he recounts his very personal response to 9-11. 

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Cecil Brown on "Stagolee Shot Billy"

Cecil Brown has researched the true story that gave rise to the Stagolee myth, and explains what the song has meant to various groups, especially within the African-American community.

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