Sandy Tolan tells Jim Fleming that he became a fan of Hank Aaron’s as a boy in Milwaukee, and was thrilled when “The Hammer” threatened to eclipse Babe Ruth’s home run record.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Steve Paulson prepared this report on Saint Francis of Assisi and his continuing influence in the modern world.
Psychologist and philosopher Thomas Moore talks with Anne Strainchamps about the connections between springtime and death, and how flowers reflect this.
Susan Corso is the author of “God’s Dictionary: Divine Definitions for Everyday Enlightenment.” She tells Jim Fleming about spiritual etymology and how she interprets the root meanings of words to come up with her definitions.
Ziauddin Sardar responds to the question "is there really a clash of civilizations?"
Perhaps one of the most obvious and important cultural divides in the United States is between the political right and left.
In this UNCUT interview, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt talks with Steve Paulson about his research into the fundamental differences between Democrats and Republican, and how we might begin to speak across the gap.
Wagner James Au, who writes about video games for salon.com, tells Jim Fleming about “State of Emergency,” the game that lets you attack global capitalism.
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