Lieutenant Shannon Kilkoyne talks about her experience as a female soldier in Iraq.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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According to Nathaniel Philbrick, Melville’s classic “Moby Dick,” will always be worth our time and attention, no matter the age. He makes the case for reading what he calls a kind of "American Bible."
Rev. Jesse Jackson is not about to go quietly. He tells Steve Paulson not to confuse a music genre with basic freedoms, and outlines his contributions as a Civil Rights leader over the past 40 years.
Nidhal Guessoum, an Algerian born astrophysicist agrees that contemporary science in the Arab word is abysmal, but he looks back with great pride at the Golden Age of Islam.
Margaret Weis tells Steve Paulson all about dragons, and about the dragon world she created for her books.
Owen Flanagan is a philosopher of mind who spends his professional life tackling the so-called "hard problem" of consciousness.
Cultural Critic Richard Todd looked at modern life and saw others telling what is and isn't real.
In Mark Salzman’s novel “Lying Awake,” a Carmelite nun learns that her religious raptures may be symptoms of epilepsy.
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