Novelist Marilynne Robinson talks with Anne Strainchamps about the role of the soul in the age of modern science.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Should the Star Spangled Banner really be our national anthem? John Hasse gives a short history of patriotic songs, and suggests alternatives for the national anthem.
Jane Franklin was Ben Franklin’s favorite sibling. While he became an inventor, statesman and one of the 18th century’s most famous men, she became a wife and mother who could barely write and struggled to make ends meet – and until now, was forgotten by history. In this UNCUT interview, Jill Lepore tells the story of this remarkable century woman, and talks about the parallels between writing history and journalism.
Joshua Blu Buhs is an independent scholar and the author of "Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend." But he tells Steve Paulson he doesn't really think the creature exists.
We hear a conversation between Steve Paulson and German historian Jessica Gienow-Hecht. They discuss why the huge casualties among German civilians have been taboo for discussion.
Max Decharne can tell you lots of things no one will understand any more. He's a "solid pigeon" and "a bit of a fly thing," as he tells Steve Paulson.
Biographer Robert Caro tells the remarkable story of how Lyndon Johnson became president after being humiliated as vice-president by John and Robert Kennedy.
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