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Jun 14, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry The World's Most Famous Amnesiac AudioTapestry The World's Most Famous Amnesiac Jun 14, 2013 | 53:59What if you could only live the present? With no past to remember and no future to dream of, Henry Molaison was the world's most famous amnesiac. We speak to the neuroscientist who studied him for over forty years.
Jun 7, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry Baby Guru and Jewish Atheism AudioTapestry Baby Guru and Jewish Atheism Jun 7, 2013 | 53:59Two terrific documentaries: first, the story of a man who learned the most important lessons of his life from a group of babies. Then, is it possible to be agnostic, or even an atheist, and still call yourself Jewish?
May 30, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry Depression at the Pulpit; Why I Light a Candle for Syria; Jim Holt's Existential Detective Story AudioTapestry Depression at the Pulpit; Why I Light a Candle for Syria; Jim Holt's Existential Detective Story May 30, 2013 | 53:59We're going to meet a pastor in Saskatchewan who went public about his struggle with depression. We also meet writer Shula Klinger. When the violence in Syria took the life of her good friend's relative ... Shula lit a candle.
May 27, 2013 | 25:28Tapestry Gordon Campbell on the King James Bible AudioTapestry Gordon Campbell on the King James Bible May 27, 2013 | 25:28Mary talks with Renaissance scholar Gordon Campbell, author of "Bible; The Story of the King James Version, 1611- 2011." He explains that the KJV's power, comes from the fact that it was the first Bible designed to be read out loud.
May 24, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry Why the King James Bible is a Hit ; R.H. Thomson and Douglas Campbell celebrate William Blake AudioTapestry Why the King James Bible is a Hit ; R.H. Thomson and Douglas Campbell celebrate William Blake May 24, 2013 | 53:59Mary talks with Renaissance scholar Gordon Campbell, author of "Bible; The Story of the King James Version, 1611- 2011." He explains that the KJV's power, comes from the fact that it was the first Bible designed to be read out loud.
May 17, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry Gerald Shea on discovering his partial deafness halfway through life AudioTapestry Gerald Shea on discovering his partial deafness halfway through life May 17, 2013 | 53:59Gerald Shea spent years transcribing what he heard, trying to make sense out of what people were saying to him. He talks to Mary Hynes about "all the "lost time, lost words and lost loves."
May 10, 2013 | 49:45Tapestry A Love Supreme: God in the Music of John Coltrane AudioTapestry A Love Supreme: God in the Music of John Coltrane May 10, 2013 | 49:45This week on Tapestry, we explore the music and spirituality of the jazz great, John Coltrane. To some jazz fans, he was the high priest of the avant-garde movement. And to others, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane was a saint.
May 10, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry A Love Supreme: God in the Music of John Coltrane (streaming) AudioTapestry A Love Supreme: God in the Music of John Coltrane (streaming) May 10, 2013 | 53:59This week on Tapestry, we explore the music and spirituality of the jazz great, John Coltrane. To some jazz fans, he was the high priest of the avant-garde movement. And to others, tenor saxophonist John Coltrane was a saint.
May 3, 2013 | 53:58Tapestry Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? AudioTapestry Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? May 3, 2013 | 53:58Jeanette Winterson is an acclaimed British writer. She was adopted by very religious Pentecostal parents, who hoped she would become a missionary. Instead, Jeanette fell in love with a woman. Her memoir is called Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
Apr 26, 2013 | 53:58Tapestry The Exit Ramp AudioTapestry The Exit Ramp Apr 26, 2013 | 53:58On this week's show, the elusive exit ramp. One guest tries to escape a soul-crushing line of work - he is a minister who has lost his religious belief - and another guest leads gang members away from lives of violence.
Apr 19, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry The Faces of Eve AudioTapestry The Faces of Eve Apr 19, 2013 | 53:59Eve represents the first woman on earth in Christian and Judaic traditions. In Islam she's known as Hawwa. To many, she's the thoughtless vixen who tempted man away from God. A closer look at Eve shows a daring champion of human ingenuity and equality.
Apr 12, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry The Importance of Being Sexual AudioTapestry The Importance of Being Sexual Apr 12, 2013 | 53:59What if the classic sensual tome 'The Arabian Nights: Tales from a
Thousand and One Nights' had been written by a scientist? A scientist
with specialties in sexual health and public policy - and a wicked sense of
humour?
Apr 5, 2013 | 53:58Tapestry How Do You Want to Live? AudioTapestry How Do You Want to Live? Apr 5, 2013 | 53:58Anthony Lawlor is an architect who has made it his job to find the sacred in the ordinary. He and Mary talk about how the divine is not limited to churches, mosques, synagogues and temples. Lawlor says you can find it everywhere, if you just look - even
Mar 28, 2013 | 53:58Tapestry Spring Cleaning in God's House (streaming) AudioTapestry Spring Cleaning in God's House (streaming) Mar 28, 2013 | 53:58There was a phrase ringing out in a lot of churches over the holiday weekend, as Christians think about the message of hope and rebirth offered to them at this time of the year. "We are an Easter people."
Mar 22, 2013 | 53:59Tapestry I'm Right, You're Wrong AudioTapestry I'm Right, You're Wrong Mar 22, 2013 | 53:59This week on Tapestry, why dialing down self-righteousness is so important - and so hard. Psychologist Jonathan Haidt explains why arguments about politics and religion get so toxic. Later, writer Philip Yancey talks to Mary about finding strength in your