Emma Gatewood had 11 children and 23 grandchildren when she became the first woman to hike the Appalachian Trail, at age 67. She became a folk hero and helped save the Trail. Ben Montgomery brings us her story.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Helen Benedict spent 3 years interviewing women soldiers in Iraq. She was one of the first people to document the appallingly high rate of sexual assault American women soldiers were experiencing, from their fellow American soldiers. Now she's written a novel, called Sand Queen, based on those interviews.
Errol Morris talks with Steve Paulson about Robert McNamera who is the subject of his latest film, “The Fog of War.”
Ariel Glucklich tells Jim Fleming about ritual self-punishment in various religions and how the experience of self-inflicted pain can seem liberating.
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.
Poet Frances Richey calls her latest collection "The Warrior – A Mother's Story of a Son at War."
Brad Hirschfield was once a religious fanatic. He was one of a small number of Jewish settlers living in Hebron, in the middle of thousands of Palestinians.
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