Jeffrey J. Kripal talks to Steve Paulson about his book, "Mutants and Mystics: Science Fiction, Superhero Comics, and the Paranormal."
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Laurie King has written a series of novels featuring Mary Russell, a young woman who becomes Sherlock Holmes' partner and later his wife.
Parker Palmer is a writer and educator who's spent a lot of time thinking about the question, "What makes life worth living?"
What happens to your digital self when you die? Currently, Facebook lets users "memorialize" their pages, giving family members a virtual space to post rememberances. Religious studies professor Candi Cann believes new digital tools like these are changing the way we mourn, by letting anyone share their stories about someone who's died, and preserving social connections to departed loved ones.
Peter Turchi tells Steve Paulson that both map-making and writing place great importance on the empty spaces.
Psychologist Justin Barett thinks most children have a natural aptitude for religious belief. He says it's not surprising that so many people believe in spirits or supernatural beings.
Historian Maria Rosa Menocal tells Anne Strainchamps about the Golden Age for European Jews when the Moors established an Islamic state in Spain.
Anthropologist Richard Wrangham tells Jim Fleming that he thinks cooking contributed to human evolution and is far older than most people think.
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