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Maggie Nelson on "Close to the Knives"

Maggie Nelson recommends "Close to the Knives" by David Wojnarowicz.

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Robert Caro on LBJ

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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Keith Ward in Defense of the Soul

Keith Ward talks about the nature of the soul.

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Jason Cohen on "Black Tar Heroin"

Jason Cohen (with Steve Okazaki) made the wrenching documentary “Black Tar Heroin.” The film follows the lives of five young heroin addicts in San Francisco.

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Potraits of the Mentally Ill - Michael Nye

Photographer Michael Nye made portraits of the mentally ill and homeless people in San Antonio, where he lives. He also recorded their stories.

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Randall Miller and Jody Savin on "Bottle Shock"

Randall Miller and Jody Savin wrote, directed and are distributing the 2008 Sundance Festival film, "Bottle Shock."

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Marilynne Robinson on Poetry and the Soul

Novelist Marilynne Robinson talks with Anne Strainchamps about the role of the soul in the age of modern science.

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Matthew Klam on "The Pursuit of Ecstasy"

Matthew Klam talks about his experience with Ecstasy and reflects on the pharmaceutical industry’s influence on the cultural perception of drug use.

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