Phillip Jenkins is the author of “The Next Christendom: The Coming of Age of Global Christianity.” Jenkins tells Steve Paulson that Christianity may be declining in the nations of the industrialized West, but Pentecostalism is experiencing explosive growth in Latin America and Africa.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Linda Gray Sexton describes in vivid detail her own, lifelong battle against depression and suicide.
Jim Tucker is a child psychiatrist and director of the University of Virginia's project on children's memories of previous lives.
Alan Turing was only 41 when he committed suicide. Filmmaker Patrick Sammon's film, Codebreaker, tells the story of Turing's brilliant life and of his persecution by British authorities for the crime of being homosexual. When he spoke to Anne Strainchamps a few years ago, he said Turing was a victim of the prejudice and paranoia of the time.
Sixty years after those Avant Garde composers of the 1920s, some Japanese musicians followed in their footsteps, exploring the outer reaches of sound with “noise music.”
Rachel Fershleiser and Larry Smith tell Anne Strainchamps how they got started soliciting six-word memoirs, recite some of their favorites, and say that crafting them can become an addiction.
Mamak Khadem came to America from Iran to finish high school. She began to sing Persian music to stay connected to her homeland.
Louise Barnett, author of tells Jim Fleming about the case of Captain Andrew Geddes, who was tried and convicted of slandering a fellow officer, even though the man was clearly guilty of sexually abusing his daughter.
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