March 2009
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Alzheimer's, Memory, Being
Krista Tippett, Host
This week’s program is another one that draws on my past and tugs fiercely at my heart. I write about my formative, wonderful, heartbreaking experience as a chaplain to Alzheimer’s patients in my online journal this week. When I wrote my book a couple of years ago, I had to recognize the men and women I came to love who had Alzheimer’s as being among my greatest teachers. And...
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WatchThe “Lion King” Is Al Swearengen Trent Gilliss, Online Editor
Last Monday, Krista strode into the office that morning immediately asking if anybody had seen the premier of NBC’s new series, Kings. I had; I liked it. Krista was obviously excited about the story’s biblical reference point to the story of King David and its compelling analogs for characters — not to mention...
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The Right to Live in Peace (in song)
Mitch Hanley, Senior Producer
In looking for potential music for this program with Mercedes Doretti, we came across a rich collection of artists in both Argentina and Chile who’ve documented, in song, the dark times of Argentina’s “dirty war” and General Pinochet’s regime in Chile.
Some of the artists were exiled, as was the case for Mercedes Sosa, whose song,...
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"There’s a New Power in America – Atheism" →
Andy Dayton, Associate Web Producer
Andrew Sullivan, citing the just-released 2008 American Religious Identification Survey, discusses the rise of atheism in the U.S. in his Times column. He traces the rise of the non-religious in America as it relates to the rise of religious conservatism in recent years.
Sullivan’s outlook for religious America isn’t particularly optimistic, and he...
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Poem: “Homespun Love” by Alicia...
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Repossessing Virtue: Marie Howe on Greater...
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WatchEleanor Roosevelt on Noblesse Oblige Trent Gilliss, Online Editor
This 1959 interview with the former first lady surprised me. Introduced as the “archetype of the twentieth-century woman,” Ms. Roosevelt’s plain-spoken manner and repetitive use of the word “obligation” caught me off-guard. In our recent RV conversation with Elliot Dorff, the rabbi was adamant that we...
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Watch“Sounds of Faith” Andy Dayton, Associate Web Producer
Here’s a preview of an upcoming documentary series called “Sounds of Faith.”
Sounds of Faith is a unique media and educational outreach project focusing on the commonalities in the three Abrahamic faiths: Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The three-part documentary film and its accompanying outreach program will...
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Repossessing Virtue: Anita Barrows on Finding the...
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Repossessing Virtue: Elliot Dorff on Seeing Duty...
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Repossessing Virtue: Anchee Min on Repairing the...