Religion
The future of Saudi Arabia and relations with the US
Guests: Bernard Haykel and Toby Jones Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah died last Friday. He has been succeeded by h ...
Air Date: January 27, 2015
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Radio Times in Review: Remembering Al Capone, Atheist Sam Harris, Jazz Composer Danilo Pérez
Guests: Jonathan Eig, Sam Harris, Danilo Pérez It’s another edition of Radio Times in Review, our new weekly f ...
Air Date: January 23, 2015
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Pope Francis and the Catholic Church
Guests: Rocco Palmo and Phil Pullella Last week, Pope Francis traveled ...
Air Date: January 20, 2015
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Scott Cheshire’s “High As the Horses’ Bridles”
Guest: Scott Cheshire [From the Radio Times archive] In his debut novel ...
Air Date: January 19, 2015
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The deregulation of homeschooling?
Guests: Motoko Rich, Rachel Coleman, Michael Farris, Sr. There are over two million home-schooled children in the ...
Air Date: January 13, 2015
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“Charlie Hebdo” and the right to offend
Guest: Signe Wilkinson, Matt Welch, Erik Wemple The attack on the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo ...
Air Date: January 12, 2015
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The Pakistani Taliban school attack ; restoring relations with Cuba
Guests: Michael Kugelman, Peter Kornbluh The brutal attack on a school in Peshwar, Pakistan, that killed over 130 ...
Air Date: December 19, 2014
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James Carroll’s “Christ Actually: The Son of God for the Secular Age”
Guest: James Carroll “What is bothering me incessantly is the question—Who Christ actually is for us today? ...
Air Date: December 9, 2014
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Katha Pollitt on her book “Pro: Reclaiming Abortion Rights”
Guest: Katha Pollitt Abortion is one of the most furiously-fought issues in our country although it’s been lega ...
Air Date: October 30, 2014
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A shift in tone from the Catholic Church?
Guests: Elizabeth Dias, Father James Martin and Michael Viola On Monday, Catholic bishops from around the world ...
Air Date: October 15, 2014
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Sam Harris on spirituality without religion
Guest: Sam Harris In his new book, Waking Up, ...
Air Date: October 7, 2014
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Guest: Donald Kraybill In the fall of 2011, the Amish community in eastern Ohio was shaken by a string of beard-c ...
Air Date: September 15, 2014
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Guests: Joshua Landis, Trudy Rubin The beheading of another American journalist by ISIS has further increased t ...
Air Date: September 3, 2014
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Child marriage, the lives of young girls and the policies to protect them
Guests: Gayle Tzemach Lemmon and Ann Warner While some countries have passed laws against child marriage, a rece ...
Air Date: August 18, 2014
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Scott Cheshire’s “High As the Horses’ Bridles”
Guest: Scott Cheshire In his debut novel ...
Air Date: August 15, 2014
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