Guest: Reza Aslan is a religion scholar and a professor of creative writing at UC Riverside. His newest book is God: A Human History
Guest: Karen Armstrong, a former Roman Catholic nun and British commentator and author known for her numerous books on comparative religion. Her latest is Fields of Blood: Religion and the History of Violence
Eric Ting, Artistic Director of Cal Shakes (California Shakespeare Theater) discusses how the company dealt with the Covid shut-down, with on-line streaming, and with the re-opening of the Bruns Amphitheater. Shakespeare’s “The Winter’s Tale” plays at the Bruns through October 2nd. The interview also includes a summary of the play and the reasons for its choice as the only play of the 2021 season.
Third in a series of interviews recorded for an abandoned documentary on George Gershwin. Kitty Carlisle Hart (1910-2007) dated George Gershwin for three years in the mid-1930s. In this brief phone interview from 2001, she discusses her relationship with the composer, as well as her work with the Marx brothers and in the early days of television. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.
Guest: Peter Stanford, a British writer, editor, journalist and presenter, known for his biographies and writings on religion and ethics. His most recent book is Judas: The Troubling History of the Renegade Apostle.
Guest: Philip Jenkins, author of Crucible of Faith: The Ancient Revolution That Made Our Modern Religious World.
Guest: Ibram X. Kendi, author of Stamped From the Beginning: A Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Guest: Stephen Greenblatt is Cogan University Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He is the author of many books, including The Swerve: How the World Became Modern.
Guest: Catherine Nixey is a journalist and a classicist. She is the author of The Darkening Age: The Christian Destruction of the Classical World. She is the winner of a Royal Society of Literature Jerwood Award.