Steve Paulson reports on the controversy and continuing influence of Vladimir Nabokov’s scandalous novel “Lolita.”
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Scott Sandage tells Anne Strainchamps that the very meaning of failure has changed in American society over 200 years.
Singer-songwriter-community organizer Si Kahn tells Steve Paulson the hallmarks of a good political song, and talks about the role music has played in various social causes, including the Civil Rights movement.
Yann Mantel won the Booker Prize for his novel “Life of Pi.” It’s the story of a young Indian boy, Pi, trapped at sea with a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker. Pi believes in and practices three major religions.
Rosanne Cash is the daughter of country music legend Johnny Cash, but she's forged her own very successful career in music.
For centuries religions set moral boundaries. In his new book “The Moral Landscape” prominent atheist Sam Harris argues that science should set them.
Steve Paulson prepared this report on Saint Francis of Assisi and his continuing influence in the modern world.
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