Katherine MacLean describes her work as a skilled guide to a psychedelic trip.
Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.
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Editor and publisher Ann VanderMeer is the co-editor of the sprawling anthologies “The Big Book of Science Fiction” and “The New Weird.” So she’s an authority on worldbuilding. She talks about the extra responsibilities that fantastical fiction writers have and introduces us to the work of...
Writer Neil Gaiman retells the ancient Norse myth of the Twilight of the Gods and apocalyptic end of the world in his stunning new collection, “Norse Mythology.” We added some dark radio magic.
For theologist Danielle Shroyer, what happened in the Garden of Eden is a story of original blessing.
Laird Hunt has written what is really three stories wrapped around each other: A famous lynching in Marion, the story of a song about it, “Strange Fruit,” and a new novel, which begins on that terrible day.
In a new book called "Born Bad," historian James Boyce argues that the concept of original sin is the foundation of Western thought.
Robert Leonard, a radio news director in Pella, Iowa, argues that behind all the issues we argue about today there's an even more fundamental divide. Could a 1500-year-old Christian doctrine really have that much effect on lives and politics today?
Daniel Schorr, a legend and former senior news analyst for NPR who passed away in 2010, reminds us of the role journalists play in holding their feet to the fire of facts.
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