All in the Family

… sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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Injured Merit

… possibility of transcending the double bind on which injured merit is based. It is the way out of that circular sense of outrage that needs society to feed it. Portia’s argument on behalf of love acknowledges human error and frailty as inherent to the human condition and advocates letting go of anger and resentment …

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God, Can You Hear Me?

… emphasis on God’s supernatural person and his miracles goes hand in glove with an emphasis on spiritual—and not bodily—salvation. And so the body does not really matter. One follows Jesus’s admonition to feed the poor only because that food will bring their souls to Christ. I have often wondered whether …

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Death in Papua New Guinea

… public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek. Follow us on Twitter @TheAmScho or on Facebook.
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Looking In, Looking Out

… sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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The Father of Art History

… sciences, history, and public affairs; reports on cutting-edge works in progress; long-form narratives; and compelling excerpts from new books. Hosted by Stephanie Bastek.
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A Solstice Send-Off

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Pencil-Pushing Spies

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If I Only Had a Brain!

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Swinging Into the Future

… the Reno for the first time: “For a fifteen cent beer, I heard this band and almost fell through the floor.” The club had a live radio feed on Thursday nights that could be heard as far away as Chicago, and in 1936 a recording scout rushed down to sign Basie’s orchestra.
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